A cup (or more) a day keeps cancer away

Feel guilty every time you drink your morning cup of coffee? Enough already! Enjoy that hot cup of joe (or two, or three), because the latest research offers more than a few reasons to indulge in this particular “vice”—including preventing cancer.

In his Essential Cancer Protocol, Dr. Fred Pescatore cites a study where scientists analyzed data collected from nearly 10,000 people. Half the participants had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and half had no history of the disease.

Results showed that drinking just one to two servings of coffee a day was associated with a 26 percent drop in risk for colorectal cancer.

But that’s not all…

As Dr. Pescatore explains, “The risk plummeted even further with higher consumption. When people drank more than two and a half servings—that’s just under 16 ounces—their odds of developing colorectal cancer dropped by 50 percent.”

And a new study shows that coffee doesn’t only prevent colon cancer—it helps keep you alive after a diagnosis.

In an 8-year study conducted by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, women diagnosed with colon cancer who drank two or more cups of coffee daily were 47 percent more likely to survive, compared to people who drank less than two cups daily. In fact, the coffee drinkers were 21 percent less likely to die from any cause during the eight years of the study.

Coffee fights all kinds of cancer

Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day also lowers the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer by 19 percent, according to a study in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention.

But coffee might help prevent melanoma, too. A study in the European Journal of Nutrition found that people who drank the most coffee—caffeinated or decaffeinated—were 20 percent less likely to develop melanoma.

In fact, coffee might help prevent every type of cancer, according to Japanese researchers. Their analysis of health data from more than 80,000 people showed that coffee drinkers had a 25 percent lower risk of cancer compared to people who never drank coffee.

As you can see, the evidence supporting coffee’s cancer-fighting abilities is no fluke. So how does it work?

Dr. Pescatore explains, “Coffee is packed with cancer-fighting compounds. Its impressive profile of cancer-fighters includes phenols like chlorogenic, caffeic, and coumaric acids—all powerful antioxidants that can purge toxins and inhibit cancer growth.”

So it’s no wonder why Dr. Pescatore offers this encouragement: “If you enjoy starting your day with a few cups of coffee, then by all means—pour yourself a mug and drink up!”

This is just one of many highly effective cancer-preventive strategies Dr. Pescatore features in his Essential Cancer Protocol. Click here to enroll right now, or to learn more about this powerful cancer-fighting protocol.

SOURCES

“Coffee, Caffeine, and Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review” Annual Review of Nutrition 2017; 37(August): 131-156. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nutr-071816-064941