Scientific Research has been correcting much of coffee’s unjust bad reputation for being bad for one’s health. A newly released study from Yale University and the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has shown that coffee can reduce your risk for Melanoma. Melanoma is skin cancer affecting more than 5 million people in the United States per year, with a death rate of one person per hour Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Read details of how this study was conducted and the amazing resulting data connecting coffee consumption to skin cancer prevention below.
Loftfield and her team evaluated over 400,000 study participants over an average of 10.5 years, comparing the rates of melanoma to the frequency of foods. At the end of the study, the team of researchers determined that the more caffeinated coffee an individual drank each day, the lower their risk for developing malignant melanoma. For example, drinking four cups of coffee each day was enough to lower the risk by an incredible 20 percent.
“Higher coffee intake was associated with a modest decrease in risk of melanoma in this large US cohort study,” Loftfield says. “Additional investigations of coffee intake and its constituents, particularly caffeine, with melanoma are warranted…Because of its melanoma’s) high disease burden, lifestyle modifications with even modest protective effects may have a meaningful impact on melanoma morbidity.”
Loftfield emphasized that while there is a benefit to drinking coffee in regards to malignant melanoma, it should not be used as an excuse to go out in the sun without the proper protection.
SRC: Learn more about this Research on Coffee Consumption in relation to Melanoma prevention at: www.sciencetimes.com/articles/2880/20150125/your-cup-of-joe-could-prevent-skin-cancer.htm