Coffee drinking habits can be written in our DNA, study finds

Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 09:31 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have identified a gene that appears to curb coffee consumption. People with a DNA variation in a gene called PDSS2 tend to drink fewer cups of coffee, the study found. Experts say the findings suggest that the gene reduce the ability of cells to breakdown caffeine, causing it to stay in the body for […]

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