Coffee lovers gain 1,000 steps a day, but get less sleep, study shows

A rigorous new study that examined the health effects of coffee consumption found good news and bad news for coffee lovers. The research showed that coffee has striking effects on physical activity levels, causing people to move more, taking, on average, 1,000 extra steps a day — a significant boost in activity that might help explain why coffee consumption has long been linked to better health. But the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, did find some downsides to a daily cuppa. It showed that people lost about 36 minutes of nightly sleep on days when they drank coffee — and the more coffee they drank, the less they slept.

tips

rigorous：严厉的；严格的（rigor 严格）

consumption：消费；消费量

coffee consumption：这里是“饮用咖啡”的意思

cuppa：一杯茶

gain v. 增加，获得

striking adj. 明显的，出众的（strikingly 显著地；strikingness 显著）

downside n. 负面