It seems that coffee may actually reduce breast cancer risks in females who have a family history of the disease, says a research study of nearly seventeen hundred females in 4 nations.
The research study found that drinking a minimum of 6 cups of regular coffee per day reduced the breast cancer risk by nearly seventy percent in females who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, the New York Daily News reported.
And females with the gene mutations who drank 4/5 cups per day had a twenty-five percent reduced risk of breast cancer, and those who drank a single cup to three cups a day had a ten percent reduced risk of it.
This benefit was not seen in women who drank decaffeinated coffee. The researchers believe that caffeine may offer this protection through its effect on female hormones, the Daily News reported.
The study appears in the International Journal of Cancer.
Add this to the possible benefits of coffee, which seem to me to be adding up.
By the way, coffee is also relatively high in antioxidants.
The research study found that drinking a minimum of 6 cups of regular coffee per day reduced the breast cancer risk by nearly seventy percent in females who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, the New York Daily News reported.
And females with the gene mutations who drank 4/5 cups per day had a twenty-five percent reduced risk of breast cancer, and those who drank a single cup to three cups a day had a ten percent reduced risk of it.
This benefit was not seen in women who drank decaffeinated coffee. The researchers believe that caffeine may offer this protection through its effect on female hormones, the Daily News reported.
The study appears in the International Journal of Cancer.
Add this to the possible benefits of coffee, which seem to me to be adding up.
By the way, coffee is also relatively high in antioxidants.
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