According to a recent study, women who drink more than three
cups of coffee a day have 20% reduced risk of developing a basalioma (basal
cell carcinoma) in relation to those who consume little or no coffee.
For men who seem to benefit less from this protective effect
without explaining why consuming more than three cups of coffee a day reduced
by at least 9% risk of developing cancer of skin.
The studied authors were surprised by these results.
Although it has been observed in mice a relationship between
caffeine in ointment and reducing the risk of skin cancer, epidemiological
studies have shown that link.
The study indicates that coffee consumption may be an
important option to help prevent skin cancer, with nearly one million new cases
diagnosed each year basalioma, dietary factors such as consumption of
coffee a day, even with modest protective effects could have a major impact on
the health service.
It is not the first time that anti-cancer properties are
vested coffee, in May 2011, a study found that men who drink six cups of coffee
a day reduced by 20% their risk of developing prostate cancer. The decrease
reached 60% in the case of the most deadly form of this tumor.
The risk reductions were similar to the common coffee for
decaffeinated coffee, suggesting that the virtues of this drink are related to
its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Another study showed a 60% lower risk of cervical cancer
in women who consumed more than three cups of coffee per day compared with
those who drank less than two cups a week.