Coffee and Breast Cancer for Women

Various compounds contained in coffee is an antioxidant that is believed to reduce cancer risk. In women, consuming five cups of coffee a day could prove to reduce the risk of breast cancer by 57 percent.

The benefits of drinking coffee to breast health revealed by Dr. Per Page, a professor of medicine from Karolinka Institute in Sweden. In his research, Dr. This involved about 5929 Swedish women with an age range of 50 to 70 years.

Observations over several years showed that 50 percent of participants affected by breast cancer. When compared with lifestyle and other factors, Dr. Page found an association between coffee drinking habits with the risk of breast cancer.

Participants who drank 5 cups of coffee per day had a 33-57 percent risk of cancer is lower than the participants who drank coffee less than 1 cup a day. This type of breast cancer are influenced by the habit of drinking coffee is a type of estrogen-Resistant (ER) Negative.

Several previous studies also proved that coffee can reduce the risk of cancer, but it was unclear what compounds play a role. Originally expected, the compound is fitoesterogen but has no effect on breast cancer ER positive.

"I do not recommend to drink more coffee before knowing the exact biological mechanisms that could explain this relationship," said Dr. Page in a report in the journal Breast Cancer as quoted from HealthDay, Wednesday (05/11/2011).

Cautious attitude shown Dr. It is quite reasonable, since other studies also conducted in Sweden revealed that coffee can also have negative effect on the breast. It is said that breast size can shrink if you drink more than three cups of coffee per day.

As stated Dr. Hal, before anyone explain the mechanism should not be consumed too much coffee is just because you want to be free from the risk of breast cancer. Even if true could reduce breast size, which is not so much.