Coffee Emerges As Protective Against Cancer And Other Diseases
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Article Date: 23 Nov 2011 - 0:00 PST
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Starbucks fans around the world can rejoice that their tipple gets the thumbs up yet again. Already shown to protect against a number of diseases, a recent study in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows coffee drinkers who consume more than four cups a day have a 25% lower risk of developing Endometrial Cancer. It is thought that the antioxidant properties in coffee may be a part of the mechanism.
Edward Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D., professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a senior researcher on the study, said coffee is starting to be proven as a protective agent in cancers that are linked to obesity, estrogen and insulin.
He said :
"Coffee has already been shown to be protective against diabetes due to its effect on insulin ... So we hypothesized that we'd see a reduction in some cancers as well."
Giovannucci, and his colleagues, including Youjin Je, a doctoral candidate in his lab, looked at endometrial cancer cases in nearly 70,000 women who enrolled in the Nurse's Health Study. Over 26 years they documented 672 cases of endometrial cancer. More than four cups of coffee was linked with a 25% decrease in risk, while two to three cups had a 7% lower risk.
The results seemed to hold true for decaf as well, with a 22% reduction for more than two cups per day.
Giovannucci said he'd like to see further research on the effects of coffee on cancer, because in this and similar studies, coffee intake is self-selected and not randomized.
He said :
"Coffee has long been linked with smoking, and if you drink coffee and smoke, the positive effects of coffee are going to be more than outweighed by the negative effects of smoking ... However, laboratory testing has found that coffee has much more antioxidants than most vegetables and fruits."
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Effects of Coffee
posted by Eunice on 30 Nov 2011 at 1:13 amAt a point i took coffee so much that in an exam hall,i had loss of memory.since then,i've always been scared of coffee. reading this now, i'm confused as to the fact if i should go back to taking it considering the effect it once had on me, though i'll rather choose that to cancer
Coffee.....
posted by PJ on 23 Nov 2011 at 5:41 amUh, last time I checked, coffee was actually a bean which grew on a plant (as do fruits). Why is it such a stretch that it may be good for you? Seems to make a certain amount of sense to me.......
Check the references tab
posted by Michael on 23 Nov 2011 at 1:25 amTo all those that are unsure about the validity of this article, click on the references tab and follow the references. Although the article playfully uses a widely known company, Starbucks, they could have used any major coffee producer. Don't hate on a study until you check its references and the authors of the original article.
References
posted by Jenny Hutchings on 23 Nov 2011 at 12:30 amUnder the references tab there is a link to the paper:
"A Prospective Cohort Study of Coffee Consumption and Risk of Endometrial Cancer over a 26-Year Follow-Up"
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2011/10/03/1055-9965.EPI-11-0766.abstract
Coffee FTW
posted by majkinetor on 23 Nov 2011 at 12:27 amgo look at pubmed or google scholar to find hundreds of studies on health benefits of coffee.
Wonder Drugs
posted by Biatris on 22 Nov 2011 at 6:48 pmI would love all of these coffee-miracle findings to be true but they are starting to sound like old cigarettes-are-healthy "science". As a devoted coffee drinker and former smoker, I finished this article with exactly the same questions as @dany_daydream: Where is the link to the original paper? Who reviewed it? And who funded it?
Moderate Coffee Lover
posted by Dan O on 22 Nov 2011 at 6:05 pmI am old enough to remember when they told us coffee was bad for us. I went off it on a doctors advice and went through with drawl symptoms. I would never give up coffee again. I limit myself to two to three cups a day before noon because late drinking or excessive drinking affects my sleep. My mother's advice, do everything in moderation no excesses.
yellow journalism
posted by Wuflung Pu on 22 Nov 2011 at 5:56 pmWTF!!! What the hell does Starbucks have to do with the reliability, validity, and reproducibility of this alleged study? Most people in this world have never heard of Starstruck, let alone consumed their bitter, watery, sugary slop. If coffee consumption holds some medical benefit, let's see some double blind studies and leave the crass commercialism/whoring for Stardust in the trash can where it belongs.
Truth - coffee
posted by wendy on 22 Nov 2011 at 5:27 pmthanks for stating the truth!!!!!!
I love coffee
posted by Neusa on 22 Nov 2011 at 5:02 pmI drink my coffee black. I know it is good for me because when I feel an asthma crisis coming coffee helps me, also if I have a cold or even my RA bothering coffee is my help! I don't know for others but for me it is great and I drink it black since a young children, I am 71 now, a custom from my grand mom who was a coffee farmer South Brazil.
Are you Serious??!!
posted by John on 22 Nov 2011 at 4:58 pmRidiculous !!! - Coffee has more antioxidants than fruit or vegetables??!! - Baloney !!....And this is Harvard talking?? - Please!!!
Good News, but not for Starbucks fans
posted by Popo on 22 Nov 2011 at 4:41 pmLet's face it: Starbucks is for fat people. Home of the double mocha frappucino with whipped cream and sprinkles, Starbucks is not a coffee vendor as much as it is a sugar vendor. Thin, healthy people drink coffee.
For payed for the study?
posted by dany_daydream on 22 Nov 2011 at 4:34 pmI'd be curious to know who funds all these studies showing the health benefits of coffee and why are so many studies being done and publicized around the benefits of coffee.
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