Coffee and Health Drinking Coffee May Prevent Prostate Cancer

Drinking a cup of coffee a day is the latest weapon to prevent prostate cancer, US researchers have found. Prostate cancer is a common cancer in men, which spreads rapidly and is difficult to cure. 35000 people are diagnosed and 10, 000 die of the disease each year in the United States alone. A new study conducted by Harvard Medical School in the United States found that people who drink coffee regularly are 60% less likely to develop prostate cancer.

But cancer charities and experts warn that more research is needed in the future and that lifestyle plays a vital role in whether or not to have cancer. As can be seen from the study, coffee seems to help prevent prostate cancer. But drinking more coffee is also unwise, because consuming too much caffeine can have a lot of side effects. Previously, scientists have found that moderate alcohol consumption can reduce the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia, which can lead to prostate enlargement and urinary incontinence. In the past, vitamin E, vitamin C and mineral selenium were thought to protect against prostate cancer, but an experiment with many male doctors showed that these substances played little role in preventing prostate cancer.

So, does a person's diet have an effect on the risk of prostate cancer? Experts believe that there will be an impact. Typical Western food contains a lot of saturated animal fat and red meat, which the researchers believe may explain why more people in the West suffer from prostate cancer than in the far East. People who emigrated from Japan to the West have adapted to the Western diet, and these people are significantly more likely to develop prostate cancer. Reducing the amount of animal fat in your diet can reduce your chances of developing prostate cancer.

At the same time, scientists also found that lycopene is a substance found in red and pink foods and is most common in tomatoes, pink grapefruit, watermelons and papayas. Lycopene levels are highest in processed and cooked tomatoes such as ketchup or soup, which may be due to the release of more lycopene during cooking. Men who eat two servings of this lycopene-rich food a week are as much as 30% less likely to develop prostate cancer. For those with prostate cancer, eating foods rich in lycopene can kill cancer cells and slow their spread.