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Dr. Marc Micozzi reports,
"A new study links drinking coffee to a lower risk of colon cancer.
This finding doesn’t surprise me one bit. As you
know, coffee contains many natural, biologically
active constituents that support digestion and colon
health. In fact, many people enjoy a cup of coffee
after a meal because it benefits their digestion
and colon function. Of course, other studies show
drinking coffee regularly also prevents dementia,
heart disease, and other chronic diseases.
Coffee contains diterpenes, melanoidins, and
polyphenols—all of which have anti-cancer
activities, as well as many other health benefits.
These compounds support the normal, healthy
microbiome (probiotics) of the GI tract. They also act
as antioxidants, influence bile secretion by the liver
and gall bladder, and improve bowel functions such as
capacity and motility.
For the new study, researchers surveyed 5,145 people
with colon cancer and 4,097 people without colon
cancer about their dietary habits. The researchers asked
specifically about coffee consumption and whether the
participants drank caffeinated, decaffeinated, boiled, expresso, instant, or filtered coffees.
Overall, researchers found coffee drinkers had a
26 percent lower risk of developing colon cancer
compared to non-coffee drinkers. They also found a
strong dose-response effect. In other words, the more
coffee the participant drank, the less likely they were
to develop colon cancer.
Drinking one to two cups of coffee daily lowered
colon cancer risk by 22 percent. Drinking two to
two-and-one-half cups per day lowered risk by 41
percent. And drinking more than two-and-one-half
cups a day lowered a participant’s risk of getting
colon cancer by a whopping 56 percent. To put it
another way, this finding means drinking just three
cups of coffee per day reduces your risk of colon
cancer by more than half.
About Dr. Marc Micozzi
Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D. was the founding editor-in-chief of the first U.S. journal in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and organized and edited the first US textbook in the field, Fundamentals of Complementary & Integrative Medicine in 1996. He has published nearly 300 articles in medical literature and is the author or editor of over 25 books. Dr. Micozzi served as Senior Investigator of cancer prevention at the National Cancer
Institute, where he published the original research on diet, nutrition, and chronic disease. He continued this line of research as the Associate Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine. In recent years, Dr. Micozzi has served as the Founding Director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in Bethesda, MD, working to educate policy makers, the health professions, and the general public about the opportunities for integrative medicine and the need for clean, clear science within our modern medical establishment. Dr. Micozzi writes a monthly newsletter called Insiders’Curesas well as a free e-letter called The Daily Dispatch.