Love your coffee? Need your coffee? Both? Well, now you can embrace your obsessive love affair with the beany drink — it might protect you from developing skin cancer.

A new study surveyed about half a million American coffee drinkers over ten years. Those who drank coffee had a decreased risk of getting melanoma skin cancer. And those who drank four or more cups a day reduced their risk by 20%! But don’t reach for that decaf — it has no effect on skin cancer at all.

Doctors warn that increased caffeine might not be a good idea for people who have high blood pressure. But if your blood pressure’s in good shape and you like to spend time in the sun, one or four cups of coffee might be the best thing for you. As if I need another reason to love my morning cuppa joe!

Your “Cream & Sugar, Please” Gift Guru,
Linda