Exclusive: Scientists say people with disease who drink two to four cups a day are less likely to see it return

People with bowel cancer who drink two to four cups of coffee a day are much less likely to see their disease come back, research has found.

People with the illness who consume that amount are also much less likely to die from any cause, the study shows, which suggests coffee helps those diagnosed with the UK’s second biggest cancer killer.

Experts said the findings were “promising” and speculated that, if other studies show the same effect, the 43,000 Britons a year diagnosed with bowel cancer may be encouraged to drink coffee. The disease claims about 16,500 lives a year – 45 a day.

A study of 1,719 bowel cancer patients in the Netherlands by Dutch and British researchers found that those who drank at least two cups of coffee had a lower risk of the disease recurring. The effect was dose dependent – those who drank the most saw their risk fall the most.

Patients who had at least five cups a day were 32% less likely than those who drank fewer than two cups to see their bowel cancer return, according to the paper, which was funded by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and has been published in the International Journal of Cancer.

  • @John_McMurray
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    -33 months ago

    Switch to dark roast. It’s borderline decaf.

    • 𓅂𓄿
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      13 months ago

      @John_McMurray @cholesterol L-theanine is very inexpensive, it’s just an amino acid found in tea which eases jitters. Caffeine itself is good for exercise it’s straight-up healthy if you can get to sleep haha

    • @iopq
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      03 months ago

      It’s a similar amount of caffeine

        • @iopq
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          43 months ago

          Source: trust me bro

          • @John_McMurray
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            -33 months ago

            I’m sorry you either don’t drink coffee or are caffeine immune. Anecdotal isn’t a euphemism for worthless.

            • @iopq
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              23 months ago

              You can literally measure the amount of caffeine, why should I listen to your opinion?

              • @John_McMurray
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                -23 months ago

                Look you clown, everyone (except you, apparently) knows the longer you roast, the more you remove caffeine.

                • @[email protected]
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                  23 months ago

                  You’re misinformed. You need to use more grams of dark roast to catch up, in terms of caffine, to light roast caffeine levels. You can still get the caffeine buzz from dark roast.

                  • @iopq
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                    03 months ago

                    Fewer grams because dark roasts have less moisture, so when you use 18g of the coffee you get more beans

                  • @John_McMurray
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                    -13 months ago

                    Not too likely, you’ll pass the “tastes like crap now” threshold.

                  • @John_McMurray
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                    -13 months ago

                    Why is he bothering me with this horseshit, is a better question.