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.

Today’s interesting fact has to do with Cholera.

There are from 3 to 5 million cases of Cholera a year.

Cholera is a completely preventable disease; the method for preventing outbreaks was discovered in the Victorian age.

Cholera can be prevented by investment in sanitation and clean water, by the use of soap and water before handling food and finally by the boiling of drinking water.

The introduction of tea and coffee to the British Empire actually helped prevent Cholera outbreaks because those who brew it always brought the water to boiling before use.