A new study has shown that coffee-consumption may work to lessen the threat of liver cancer.
The research, carried out by the World Cancer Research Fund International, suggests that though drinking alcohol puts people at greater risk of liver cancer, “strong evidence” exists that regular intake of coffee can offset this risk. The human body’s defence line against DNA-damage is stimulated by naturally occurring elements in coffee beans, the report purports.
Ricardo Uauy, who is professor of public health nutrition at the University of Chile and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said “there are still many unanswered questions around the findings on coffee for us to give definitive advice on this. For example we don’t know how many cups should be consumed and how regularly, what effect adding milk and/or sugar has, and whether the coffee drinking reported in the research was caffeinated or decaffeinated, instant or filtered.
“But it’s a future area of research World Cancer Research Fund International is interested in, especially as its report on womb (endometrial) cancer shows strong evidence that coffee consumption also reduces the risk of womb cancer.”
© 2015 European Supermarket Magazine – your source for the latest retail news. Article written by Peter Donnelly.
