For decades, coffee was considered an unhealthy crutch, a beverage we were urged to remove from our daily diets for the sake of our health. However, more and more evidence has emerged to show that coffee is beneficial to our mental and physical well-being.
Recently, it was shown to protect against atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder that causes a rapid, irregular heartbeat. And so coffee finds itself rebranded as a wellness drink. Its status as a health and fitness tonic even gets a stamp of approval from Olympians. At the 2025 World Athletics championships in Tokyo, [runner] Jake Wightman raced his way to a silver medal over 1500 meters to add to the gold he won in 2022. The 31-year-old says he did it on a diet of hard training and coffee.
