Drinking 3 cups of coffee or 200–300 mg of caffeine per day lowers your risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, or stroke by up to 48%! Compared to people who don’t consume coffee or caffeine, people who are moderate consumers are less likely to have new-onset cardiometabolic disease, according to a new study. They’re also less likely to progress to multimorbidity—the presence of two or more conditions—during a follow-up period of nearly 12 years. Although a moderate intake was associated with the lowest risk, even high intakes of coffee and caffeine were protective! For example, consuming 4–5 cups of coffee per day was associated with a 35–40% lower disease risk compared to people who never consume coffee. For caffeine, consuming as much as 400 mg or more per day was associated with a 41% lower risk. This might have something to do with lipoproteins—metabolites expressing HDL subclasses were positively associated with moderate coffee intake while those expressing VLDL subclasses showed a negative association. There is also good news for tea drinkers. People consuming 3–4 or more cups of tea per day were up to 40% less likely to develop cardiometabolic disease than non-tea drinkers. The takeaway? I don’t think this means you should drink more coffee, caffeine, or tea in hopes of reducing your disease risk. But if you’re already drinking a moderate amount of caffeinated beverages, I think it’s safe to say that you’re not harming your health, and you might even be protecting yourself against certain diseases. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae552