FOUR cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of a stroke by a fifth, say scientists.
A study involving 83,000 women over a 24-year period showed coffee lovers were less likely to suffer a brain clot.
Researchers found women who drank five to seven cups a week saw their risk lowered by 12 per cent.
In those consuming two to three cups a day, the reduction was 19 per cent and for those on four daily it was 20 per cent. Although the study involved women, it's thought men would also benefit.
But researchers stressed coffee only protected against illness in those who were already relatively healthy.
Strokes kill about 200 people every day in the UK.
Dr Esther Lopez-Garcia led the study at Madrid University which discovered coffee's health benefits.
She said: "Antioxidants in coffee can lower inflammation and improve blood vessel function."
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