Want To Live To Be 90? Drink Coffee (And Beer)

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I used to want to live forever, but with the current rock bottom our world is nose-diving towards at break neck speeds, I’m not entirely sure I’m all that stoked on making it to my 40s. But if a long, healthy life is something that you’d be into, a new study suggests that you drink coffee and beer on a daily basis.

According to Paste, the “90+ Study” (not to be confused with the Ninety Plus Study) was performed by researchers at the University of California, Irvine who were trying to find common factors in those still alive and kicking past the ripe old age of 90. To do this, researchers spent the past 15 years surveying over 14,000 nonagenarians about their “diet, activities, medical history, medications and numerous other factors,” with follow up visits every six months to perform “perform neurological and neuropsychological tests,” according to the study.

They found that moderate (two cups) daily consumption of both coffee and beer led to a decreased likelihood of “premature death, by 10 percent and 18 percent, respectively, over those who abstained from those liquid fun parts of life. The study also found that exercise and having hobbies—two things that have been widely accepted as beneficial—also lead to a longer life. It stands to reason, then, that if coffee is your hobby, its effects will double. Or maybe they increase exponentially. I’m neither a doctor nor a mathematician so I can’t say for sure, but it sounds pretty airtight.

So if you want to live long enough to see the denouement of this crazy little thing we call humanity, make sure you stay on top of your daily coffee and beer allotments. I’m opting for a caffeine-induced coma. Someone wake me up when we’ve got our shit together.

Zac Cadwalader is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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