It’s never clear if these coffee benefits apply to instant coffee or only to fresh brewed coffee. Has anyone see/read anything on instant coffee and health benefits?
This study refers to caffeine so it should apply. But coffee has numerous other compounds.. I think even decaf coffee is beneficial.
My favorite brand is Mt Hagen. I tried Starbucks instant and found it really gross - way too sour.
I’m not too picky with my instant coffee, which I drink in the morning, microwave water and off you go, or when in a hurry/lazy which is most of the times. I usually go with Nescafé Taster’s choice or sometimes Bru with milk (Indian instant coffee with 30% chicory)
To make up for my coffee sins, I also roast green coffee at home and use either Hario V60 or go the espresso route.
Milk powder is tastier than milk and keeps better in the freezer.
> Drinking 1–5 cups/day of ground or instant coffee (but not decaffeinated coffee) was associated with a significant reduction in incident arrhythmia, including AF. The lowest risk was at 4–5 cups/day for ground coffee (HR 0.83; 95% CI [0.76–0.91]; P <0.0001) and 2–3 cups/day for instant coffee (HR, 0.88; 95% CI [0.85–0.92]; P <0.0001).
tl;dr Yes it has similar benefits, maybe slightly worse than "ground coffee" (I wish they had broken it down more granularly)
Interesting that lowest risk is at 4-5 cups for ground but 2-3 for instant.