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# Coffee, chocolate may help HIV carriers with hepatitis C virus
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/coffee_chocolate_may_help_hiv_carriers_with_hepatitis_c_virus_10/
- Published: 2013-10-25T22:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:44:54.000Z
- Description: In a French cohort of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C, those drinking three cups of coffee a day were 35% less likely and daily chocolate eaters 43% less likely to show abnormal ALT. Combined intake tracked with 40% lower odds of abnormal liver enzymes.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Friday Oct 25, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- M. P. Carrieri from INSERM in Marseille, France and colleagues have recently reported in Journal of Hepatology that drinking coffee and or eating chocolate may help patients confected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

The researchers analyzed data from the ANRS CO13 HEPAVIH cohort study of patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus to examine the effect of coffee and or chocolate consumption on the levels of liver enzymes including aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in the patients.

Patients with HIV and hepatitis C virus who drank 3 cups of coffee per day and daily chocolate consumption were found 35% and 43% less likely, respectively, to have abnormal ALT values after adjustment for confounders or risk factors, compared with those who did not use either. Intake of coffee, but not chocolate was also linked to reduced risk of abnormal AST values.

Total coffee and chocolate intake was associated with 40% reduced risk of abnormal liver enzymes including AST and ALT in the patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus.

The study concluded "Elevated coffee consumption and daily chocolate intake appear to be associated with reduced levels of liver enzymes in HIV-HCV (hepatitis C virus) co-infected patients."

Food consumers may not want to count on coffee and chocolate for your liver health. If you are a chocolate lover, eat dark chocolate, but not white or milk chocolate. The former contains high amounts of antioxidants while the latter does not. (Jimmy Down)