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If your heart is beating faster than usual then coffee may be the cure suggests a new study. Individuals who drink the beverage are less likely to be hospitalized for heart rhythm disturbances.

Surprising patients frequently report palpitations cure after drinking coffee as reported by the leading hospitals in America.

Researchers have found out that very large doses of caffeine, the most active ingredient in coffee, can produce rhythm disturbances, there has been limited epidemiologic research about the caffeine doses people take.

To reach the conclusion, researchers followed 130,054 men and women and found that those who reported drinking four or more cups of coffee each day had an 18 percent lower risk of hospitalization for heart rhythm disturbances.

"Coffee drinking is related to lower risk of hospitalization for rhythm problems, but the association does not prove cause and effect, or that coffee has a protective effect," Klasky, one of the researchers said.

Other researchers on the other hand conclude that other traits of coffee drinkers such as exercise or dietary habits to be the reason. Additionally, some people with heart rhythm problems often are not hospitalized.

While this report is not sufficient evidence to say that people should drink coffee to prevent rhythm problems, it supports the idea that people who are at risk for rhythm problems, or who have rhythm problems, do not necessarily need to abstain from coffee, emphasized Klatsky.

Story first published: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 15:55 [IST]
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