A research has suggested that the odds of developing a deadly prostate tumor can be cut to half by drinking six cups of coffee a day.
The 20-year old study found that whose consumed at least six cups a day were 20 per cent less likely to get prostate cancer than those who never touched the stuff.
From Dailymail.co.uk:
Those who like to restrict their caffeine intake will be glad to know the study found decaffeinated coffee to be just as effective.
The research is significant because prostate cancer, the most common cancer among British men, affects 37,000 a year and kills more than 10,000.
However, the Harvard University researchers say that non-coffee drinkers shouldn’t change their habits based on this study alone.
The American team compared the coffee intake of men quizzed about their diets every four years between 1986 and 2006 with their medical records.
Two-thirds of those taking part drank at least one cup of coffee a day and 5 per cent got through at least six, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports.
Kathryn Wilson, the study’s lead author, said: ‘If our findings are validated, coffee could represent one modifiable factor that may lower the risk of developing the most harmful form of prostate cancer.’
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