Coffee may protect against aging

New research identifies a key biological pathway that could explain how coffee helps protect against aging and chronic disease.

For decades, research has linked coffee consumption to longer life and lower risk of chronic disease—but exactly how those benefits occur has remained unclear.

Now, new research from the Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) suggests that compounds in coffee may work, in part, by activating a receptor in the body known as NR4A1—a protein ...