The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) quoted coffee as one of the ‘foods’ that fight cancer. And that’s good news for coffee lovers. We discovered a whole lot of scholarly writings on how coffee reduces cancer risk and why coffee is beneficial to your health.
We picked ten articles to share and here are the best:
1. Coffee is an excellent source of the B vitamin riboflavin
AICR said:
What you get in your cup of coffee varies with how the beans are grown and how you prepare it. Overall, coffee is a good source of the B vitamin riboflavin, and is also a concentrated source of antioxidant phytochemicals.
The types of coffee beans you use, how you prepare and how you drink your coffee are three essential things to consider. Coffee contains chlorogenic acid (an antioxidant compound), quinic acid (the acidic taste of coffee), cafestol and kahweol (compounds extracted when brewing) and are retained if you prepare your coffee using unfiltered methods like the French press.
Read more at AICR’s website.
2. Drinking coffee may help prevent liver cancer
That’s the title of an article in The Guardian. The Guardian also wrote:
Those who consumed two cups a day had a 35% reduced risk and for those who drank five cups, the risk was halved. They found the protective effect for decaf was “smaller and less certain than for caffeinated coffee”.
The amount of coffee you drink per day may determine your wellbeing. If you have to drink decaffeinated coffee, we recommend Idecaf’s decaffeinated coffee.
Go over to The Guardian to read more about this topic.
3. Decaffeinated options have the protective effect but to a lesser extent
The Daily Mail wrote:
Even decaffeinated coffee can have a protective effect
Good news for those who are caffeine intolerant but still love to have a daily cup of coffee! To learn more about the benefits of decaf coffee, head over to Psychology Today and read Why decaf coffee is just as healthy. If you’re looking for home delivery service for decaf coffee samples, Bean Box offers Decaf Roast Coffee Sampler delivers for just $24 including shipping.
4. 4 cups of coffee a day has been associated with a 38% lower risk of breast cancer
In an article by Coffeeandhealth.org we learned that:
In pre-menopausal women, the consumption of regular coffee (4 cups a day) has been associated with a 38% lower risk of breast cancer (relative risk 0.62).
Women aren’t the only ones that fight breast cancer. Each year, around 2,150 men in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer along with the 220,000 women fighting the same battle.
Does coffee drinking reduce the risk of breast cancer?
Quoting WebMD.com:
Coffee drinking reduces overall breast cancer risk modestly –by 20%– The 20% decrease in risk associated with drinking 5 or more cups of coffee a day…adjusted for age
Read more of the report here.
5. Newer studies link coffee drinking to a lowered risk of some types of cancer
Most early studies concluded that coffee is bad for you but the newer and better designed studies say otherwise, said American Cancer Society. Still in doubt? Read more on Can Coffee Lower Cancer Risk? by the society. It also stated:
And if you take your coffee with cream and sugar, the added fat and calories can contribute to weight gain – which increases the risk for many types of cancer.
For a sugar substitute we recommend Stevia, a natural and 0 calorie sweetener. Dr. Axe, a certified doctor of natural medicine has an article on Stevia that you may want to read.
6. Coffee is a link to cancer protection
Dr. Josh Axe helped his mom fight cancer not once but twice. He would be the person to go to when we want to learn more about wellness and natural medicine. Here’s a video where Mrs. Axe tells her story:
According to the article, Coffee Nutrition Facts – Good for the Brain, Heart and Liver?
We looked at all the science … we have found no negative, adverse effects on health when you drink up to three to five cups a day. In fact, there is a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and a couple of cancers, including breast and prostate cancer.
7. Coffee decreased risk of colorectal cancer
The University of Southern California did a research on coffee and from the study they concluded:
Participants reported their daily consumption of boiled (espresso), instant, decaffeinated and filtered coffee, as well as their total intake of other liquids. A questionnaire also gathered information about many other factors that influence the risk of colorectal cancer, including family history of cancer, diet, physical activity and smoking.
We highly recommend you read this extensive research on their website because colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women in the U.S.
8. Italian-style coffee reduces the risk of prostrate cancer
That’s according to Medicalxpress.com. Per the article:
About 7,000 men of the Molise region who participated in the epidemiological study were observed for four years on average…we saw a net reduction of risk, 53 percent, in those who drank more than three cups a day.
Also worth noting here is the Italian way of brewing coffee gives a higher concentration of bioactive substances. Almost all Italian families have a Moka pot for coffee every morning. This method uses high pressure, very high water temperature and no filters. Read how to brew espresso with a Moka pot.
9. In moderation, coffee can be a wonderful natural medicine
That’s music to our ears when we read this in South African’s Times Live. Times Live also mentioned:
…drinking just one cup of coffee a day was associated with a 20 percent reduction in the risk of developing HCC (hepatocellular cancer), two cups was associated with a 35 percent reduction, and up to five cups with a 50 percent reduction.
10. Two cups of coffee a day reduces liver cancer risk by a third
These report just came in, and we read it on our Twitter feed. Here are just a few sample tweets:
Two cups of coffee a day reduces liver cancer risk by third, major study finds https://t.co/hre7W0nriL
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 25, 2017
Study: Cup Of Coffee Reduces Liver Cancer Risk https://t.co/6XJFFM5qU4 #coffee #cancer #health☕☕☕☕☕
— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) May 30, 2017
We don’t think all coffee is the same. To get the natural goodness of coffee, we need to look into:
- Planting
- Harvesting
- Processing
- Drying
- Milling
- Exporting
- Roasting
- Grinding
- Brewing
Read 10 Steps from Seed to Cup by NCA.
Coffee lovers, if you can’t live without coffee, start off each day right with a freshly ground and brewed cup of coffee. Know how, where, and when your coffee is produced.
