Can coffee help fight skin
cancer? The Journal of the National
Cancer Institute recently took a look at the effects of caffeine intake.
What they found is that people who drink coffee on a regular basis, four or
more cups a day, had a 20% lower risk for developing the deadliest form of skin
cancer, malignant melanoma, than those who drank less coffee. The same did not hold true for decaffeinated
coffee drinkers. Malignant melanoma is
the 5th most common cancer in the United States and the leading cause of skin
cancer deaths. Coffee has been the
subject of medical research quite a bit. In the past, researchers have found
associations between coffee and protection against Alzheimer’s disease,
Parkinson’s, depression, and diabetes.
