The next time someone gives you shit about your coffee addiction, you don’t have to lie about how many cups you’ve had: A new study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London in the U.K. suggests that three or four cups of coffee a day could reduce your risk of endometrial cancer by upwards of 19 percent.
To pinpoint potential cancer-fighters, researchers examined the diets and health records of more than 456,000 women, including 1,303 women with endometrial cancer involved in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, and 1,531 women with endometrial cancer involved in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) or Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII).
First, the researchers looked at 84 foods and nutrients consumed by women in the EPIC study. Nine stood out: total fat, monounsaturated fat, phosphorus, carbohydrates, yogurt, butter, potatoes, cheese, and coffee all appeared to affect people’s risk of cancer, for better or for worse.
Next, researchers looked for those foods in dietary records collected in NHS and NHSII, and this time, only coffee stood out: Women in the EPIC study who drank three cups of coffee per day had a 19 percent lower risk of endometrial cancer than women who drank less than one cup per day, and women in the NHS studies who drank four cups of coffee per day had an 18 percent lower risk of cancer than women who never drank coffee.
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Source: Cosmopolitan.com