There have been several findings that state cutting down on coffee is good for health but a recent research states that doing the other way round will lead to decreasing risks of being hospitalized for heart rhythm disturbances.

According to the US researchers consuming about four or more cups of coffee per day reduced the risk of being hospitalized for disturbances to their heart rhythm by 18 per cent lower risk of being hospitalised, and people who had one to three cups had a 7 per cent reduced risk.

About 130,000 people who were aged 18-90 were put under a study.

It was found that coffee drinkers had 18 per cent reduced risk of going to the hospital.

Dr Arthur Klatsky of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in California said, "Coffee drinking is related to lower risk of hospitalisation for rhythm problems, but this association does not prove cause and effect."

He added that coffee is related to palpitations and these findings are surprising.