A recent study has shown that the consumption of coffee regularly may lower the risks of an individual having oral/pharyngeal cancer- meaning mouth, throat, and lung cancer. This study says that people who drank four cups of coffee a day are 50% less likely to get oral/pharyngeal cancer than people who drink coffee irregularly or not at all. This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology December of 2012, so fairly recently. When the experiment was done, no link was found with decaffeinated coffee or tea, but the link was found through testing and analysis and surveys that people who drink coffee regularly are less likely to suffer from these types of cancer. This article got me wondering. We were always told not to drink too much coffee, but now it is said that because of the antioxidants and other substances coffee may prevent cancer. Who is to be listened to? What old medicine has been saying for years, or a recent discovery? Overall, the biggest prevention to lung, throat, or mouth cancer is not smoking, and coffee may simply help a bit. Overall, even though this information is tested and true in some cases, drinking four coffee cups a day may have other side effects, therefore making a balance between drinking some coffee, but not too much is probably the best option :-)
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