Preventing Prostate Cancer with Coffee

 

The habit of coffee drinking in women has been shown to reduce breast cancer risk. Recently, a study again revealed that drinking coffee hobby is also beneficial for men that is to prevent diabetes and prostate cancer.
Kathryn Wilson, a researcher from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston revealed that certain compounds in coffee may affect insulin function. This hormone plays a role in sugar metabolism and if its function is disrupted can lead to diabetes or diabetes.
According to Wilson, many previous studies in men also revealed that insulin has been linked to prostate cancer risk. If the impaired insulin function, then in addition to the trigger diabetes in men is subject to additional risk of prostate cancer.
To prove it, Wilson's observation on 48,000 men for 22 years since 1986. Quoted from HealthDay, Wednesday (18/05/2011), every 4 years Wilson inspect the condition of the prostate of the participants and ask you some questions about diet and drinking coffee.
Until around 2008 when the study ended, there were 5035 participants finally got prostate cancer. Of these, 642 of whom had entered the stadium which means that the metastatic cancer cells have spread to other tissues around.
The analysis showed, the risk of prostate cancer in participants who daily drank six or more cups of coffee reduced by about 20 percent. Even after adjusting for other factors, the risk of metastatic prostate cancer was reduced by 60 percent.
Prostate cancer risk was also reduced in participants who drank coffee diligent, even if the amount is not up to 6 cups a day. Enough with 1 to 3 cups a day, the risk of metastatic prostate cancer can be reduced by 30 percent.
Wilson acknowledges, this study has not succeeded in identifying the specific content of the coffee that has affected the research results. But he was sure, it's not the caffeine content because the benefits are relatively equal when tested with decaffeinated coffee (decaffeinated).

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