If you’re a coffee drinker and were worried about the amount of coffee you drink on a daily or weekly basis, fear no more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy another cup of coffee.

A new study out reports that men who drank at least six cups of coffee a day had a 10 percent lower chance of dying that men who drank none at all. The risk for women was 15 percent lower. This was a 14 year study done by Neal Freedman, a nutritional epidemiology researcher at the National Cancer Institute. Freedman’s article is published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

“I would say it offers some reassurance to coffee drinkers,” said Neal Freedman. “Other studies have suggested a higher risk of mortality with coffee drinking and we didn’t see that in our study.”

“It’s good news for all coffee drinkers because we can feel really good about the decisions we’re making,” said Spencer Turer who is director of coffee operations for the firm Coffee Analysts. “People concerned about the health effects may choose to drink more coffee.”

Neal Freedman and his team in NIC’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics took on the task of reviewing the coffee drinking habits of more than 402,000 people between 1995 and 2008. This included 52,000 who died during the study.

There were around 229,000 men and 173,000 women who’s age ranges were from 50 to 71 years old. The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study was done in six states and two metropolitan areas. Only healthy people were included in the study.

“We didn’t know what to expect,” recalled Freedman. “There have been a lot of studies and the results have been mixed.”