Coffee Protects Us From Colon Cancer

Author: Joe Fowler Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

Studies show that regular coffee consumption reduces the risk of breast and prostate cancer in women and prostate cancer in men.

Consumption of 1-2 cups of coffee a day can protect us from colon cancer , reveals a new study cited by Live Science.

Researchers studied coffee consumption in nearly 8,500 people in Israel, nearly 5,000 of whom had colon cancer and another 3,500 did not. The average amount of coffee that study participants consumed per day was exactly 2 cups.

Scientists estimate that the risk of developing colon cancer was 30 percent lower in those who drank coffee than in those who did not.

In addition, the more coffee people drank, the less likely they were to develop the insidious disease, scientists say.

Probably coffee protects us from the disease, mainly because it accelerates the passage of various substances through the colon. Thus, they have less time to be exposed to potential carcinogens .

The black drink also optimizes the composition of the gastrointestinal microflora .

The findings were confirmed even after other factors such as age, gender and lifestyle were taken into account. It has also been monitored whether people take aspirin , as old research shows that the pill can also reduce the risk of developing this type of cancer.

"Although it's too early to recommend drinking coffee as a way to reduce the risk of colon cancer, we believe there is already some evidence in that direction," said Stephanie Senzel of the University of Southern California.

Studies show that regular coffee consumption reduces the risk of breast and prostate cancer in women and prostate cancer in men.

Coffee Protects Us From Colon Cancer

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