Coffee protects against cancer of the mouth, even smokers

Drinking coffee in half reduces the risk of developing cancer of the oral cavity, even in smokers and heavy drinkers. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the United States.

Back in 1982, the country launched a national cancer prevention study ways in which voluntarily participated about one million men and women. All of them are regularly reported to scientists about their diet, daily routine, the amount of stress, bad habits, etc. The research allowed to give answers to many questions concerning the causes of various kinds of tumors, as well as methods for their prevention.

In particular, it became clear that the two main risk factors oral cancer   are smoking and alcohol abuse. However, if a person uses four cups of coffee a day, thus it reduces the risk of developing this type of cancer by almost half. Even while continuing to smoke and to get involved in alcohol.

Drinking tea also contains caffeine, such protection does not. Perhaps, in this case, the probability of oral cancer It does not decrease due to caffeine, and because of the hundreds of other natural antioxidants contained in coffee. It should be noted that two years ago, another group of scientists came to almost exactly the same conclusion: four cups of coffee a day reduce the risk of oral cancer by 39%.

If Russia has traditionally been a "tea" country, that Britain is considered one of the world's major consumers of coffee. Every day to drink 70 million cups of this drink. Scientists have shown that regular consumption of coffee reduces the risk of developing colon cancer, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. However, too large a dose of coffee to increase heart rate and blood pressure. Not very useful coffee and pregnant, so the effect on the child's height and weight.

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