People who spend a lot of time sitting down might reduce their health risks by drinking coffee, a new study suggests. Researchers from China wanted to look at the health effects of coffee drinking and time spent sitting. They looked at health data for nearly 11,000 people in the US and followed them for up to 13 years. During the period of the study, 945 people died, including 284 from heart disease. The research team found that people who sat for over eight hours a day were almost 50% more likely to die from all causes, and nearly 80% more likely to die from heart disease. That's compared to people who sat for fewer than four hours per day. Sitting for a long time has been linked to increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and more. The researchers also found that people who drank the most coffee — three or more cups per day — reduced their risk of death from all causes by over 30% compared to those who drank no coffee. And they were more than 50% less likely to die from heart disease. And drinking coffee even seemed to protect people from the health risks of sitting down: coffee drinkers could sit for more than six hours a day and still have about the same risk of death as non-coffee drinkers who sat for less than six hours. However, the researchers said they didn't look at the effects of different types of coffee on our health, so they couldn't be sure which type was best. They wrote that more research would be needed on this "miracle" drink.