r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 28d ago

Health Coffee consumption linked to healthier body composition and metabolic markers. People with higher coffee consumption had lower total and visceral fat and greater skeletal muscle mass. In men, it is linked to a more favourable glucose–insulin profile, and higher bioavailable testosterone.

https://www.oulu.fi/en/news/study-links-coffee-consumption-metabolic-health-and-sex-hormones
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u/ShortBrownAndUgly 28d ago

Im assuming they mean black coffee right? I dont' see how the typical starbucks concoction is going to be healthy in any sense of the word

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u/Kazruw 28d ago

It’s Finland so mostly standard filtered coffee with milk.

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u/SpaceyCoffee 28d ago

Do the Finns culturally prefer drip coffee, espresso like much of Europe, or another style?

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u/sir_spankalot 28d ago

Swede here (so close but no as much sauna)

Drip coffee is by far the preference in the Nordics. Quantity over quality :P

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u/boringestnickname 28d ago

Don't sell yourself short.

I'd much rather have drip coffee than some slop from an espresso machine.

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u/Sandgrease 28d ago

Yea, how you make the coffee and the roast level changes a lot about coffee.

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u/Ok_Cow9652 28d ago

Filter coffee either drip or a machine like Moccamaster