[header] How to get health benefits from coffee [title] Pick dark or medium roast coffee. [step] Dark roast coffees have higher levels of healthy antioxidants than lighter roast coffees. These antioxidants have been shown to help prevent weight gain and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and alzheimer's disease. 
Medium roast coffees also have some similar antioxidant qualities and health benefits. [substeps] There is some evidence that extremely dark roast coffees lose some of their antioxidant health benefits.