Here are a few of the science articles I've read about tea and coffee.
Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the
most common type of liver cancer, by about 40 percent, according to an
up-to-date meta-analysis published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
the official clinical practice journal of the American
Gastroenterological Association. Further, some data indicate that three
cups of coffee per day reduce liver cancer risk by more than 50 percent.
Coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer
recurrence and progression, according to a new study by Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center scientists that is online ahead of print in Cancer Causes & Control.
Sui says the caffeine in coffee can elevate heart rate as well as raise
blood pressure and blood sugar levels. However, coffee is a major source
of antioxidants, she says.
In the study published online in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings,
men younger than 55 who drank more than 28 cups of coffee a week (four
cups a day) were 56% more likely to have died from any cause. Women in
that age range had a twofold greater risk of dying than other women. The
study looked at 43,727 men and women ages 20-87 from 1971 to 2002.
Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of
primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo
Clinic research shows. The findings were being presented at the
Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla.
In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology,
scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center tested the
potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells.
They found that liquid smoke flavoring, black and green teas and coffee
activated the highest levels of a well-known, cancer-linked gene called
p53.
Green tea and coffee may help lower your risk of having a stroke,
especially when both are a regular part of your diet, according to
research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Maternal nutrition is important to a developing embryo and to the
health of the child later in life. Supplementing the diet with specific
vitamins is known to increase health of the fetus for example folic acid
(vitamin B9) reduces the risk of spina bifida. However not everything
an adult might consume is beneficial to a developing baby. New research
published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine shows
that caffeine is linked to low birth weight babies and that caffeine
from coffee in linked to increasing length of pregnancy.
New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet
drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults
while drinking coffee was tied to a slightly lower risk. The study was
released January 8 and will be presented at the American Academy of
Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013.
A new American Cancer Society study finds a strong inverse association
between caffeinated coffee intake and oral/pharyngeal cancer mortality.
The authors say people who drank more than four cups of caffeinated
coffee per day were at about half the risk of death of these often fatal
cancers compared to those who only occasionally or who never drank
coffee. The study is published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The authors say more research is needed to elucidate the biologic mechanisms that could be at work.
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