Studies in the past have shown patients who have had colon cancer are at a much lower risk of having their cancer return or perishing from it if they are heavy coffee drinkers. In fact, patients who were drinking up to four cups of coffee, caffeinated, a day, or more, had half of the rate for a recurrence, or death, than those who do not drink coffee.
Could drinking coffee throughout your life be the key to keep colon cancer away, or gone for good?
Could This Be True?
The director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center located in Boston at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Charles S. Fuchs, has lead research into acknowledging limitations when it comes to coffee, research and colon cancer interventional studies. He has confirmed his findings. …show more content…
It does require confirmation. If you're a coffee drinker and enjoy your coffee, stick with it. If a patient says, 'Well I hate coffee,' I'd say there are other thing you can do, like avoid obesity, exercise regularly and follow a balanced diet."
The study took place during 1999 to 2001, where patients filled out a dietary pattern questionnaire, one that was very detailed, about their lifestyle and food intake. This was done during their chemotherapy, then six months after the first questionnaire was filled out.
Included in the questionnaire, were questions about their intake of decaffeinated or caffeinated coffee, caffeinated soft drinks, chocolate, and nonherbal and herbal tea. The researchers then adjusted their findings for control of differences, which included caloric intake, smoking, age, gender, diet, physical activity, weight, and the consumption of alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages.
However, they did not adjust their findings for the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin, even though earlier work had suggested that these drugs may protect against the recurrence of colon
Could drinking coffee throughout your life be the key to keep colon cancer away, or gone for good?
Could This Be True?
The director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center located in Boston at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Charles S. Fuchs, has lead research into acknowledging limitations when it comes to coffee, research and colon cancer interventional studies. He has confirmed his findings. …show more content…
It does require confirmation. If you're a coffee drinker and enjoy your coffee, stick with it. If a patient says, 'Well I hate coffee,' I'd say there are other thing you can do, like avoid obesity, exercise regularly and follow a balanced diet."
The study took place during 1999 to 2001, where patients filled out a dietary pattern questionnaire, one that was very detailed, about their lifestyle and food intake. This was done during their chemotherapy, then six months after the first questionnaire was filled out.
Included in the questionnaire, were questions about their intake of decaffeinated or caffeinated coffee, caffeinated soft drinks, chocolate, and nonherbal and herbal tea. The researchers then adjusted their findings for control of differences, which included caloric intake, smoking, age, gender, diet, physical activity, weight, and the consumption of alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages.
However, they did not adjust their findings for the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin, even though earlier work had suggested that these drugs may protect against the recurrence of colon