A cup or two of coffee may do us good— but it also depends on when we drink it. The morning seems to be the best time of the day to reap the health benefits, but they start to disappear if you drink coffee in the afternoon or evening.
Morning coffee drinkers were 31 percent less likely to die from heart disease than non-coffee drinkers, and they also had a 16 percent lower risk of dying from any health problem, say researchers from Tulane University in New Orleans.