Challenged in September 2010 to come up with interesting facts every day by one of my work colleagues, I've since entertained him and those near his desk with bits of information dredged from my brain. Some of my audience went on holiday and still wanted the facts so I started posting here, every day I do one of them, usually Monday through Friday, and the occasional post on the weekend. I post these facts here almost every day and you will find two posts on some days to make any missing days.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Coffee and Cancer
Today’s interesting fact has to do with the coffee and cancer.
A recent study of 72,921 participants has shown that women who consumed more than three cups of coffee per day had a 20 percent reduction in risk for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and men who consumed more than three cups per day had a nine percent risk reduction compared with people who consumed less than one cup per month.
It has been suggested that coffee might increase squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or melanoma e.g.skin cancers but they did not find any inverse association between coffee consumption and the risk for skin cancers.
So another coffee myth dispelled, it's good for us.
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