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Besides the caffeine boost and the rich, roasted flavor, coffee has been shown in studies to provide other health benefits, like preventing diabetes and warding off certain cancers. While drinking two to four cups of coffee a day usually won't have any negative effects, heavy caffeine intake (more than four cups of coffee a day) can cause insomnia, stomach upset, muscle tremors and restlessness, according to the Mayo Clinic. Therefore, health experts say, just because there are health benefits associated with drinking coffee doesn't mean people should change their java-drinking habits so they down several cups a day. But if you are a regular coffee drinker, there are reasons to be glad. Protects against breast cancer Women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day are 57 percent less likely to develop estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer than women who drink less than a cup a day, according to a study published this month in the journal Breast Cancer Research. In this study of 2,818 women with breast cancer and 3,111 women without, researchers found that coffee seemed to protect against only this particular kind of breast cancer, and not estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer or triple negative breast cancer. Wards off stroke Drinking at least one cup of coffee a day could ward off stroke , according to a study published in March in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Swedish researchers analyzed the coffee-drinking habits and health histories of 34,670 women for 10 years, and found that women who drank one or more cups of coffee a day were 25 percent less likely to have a stroke than the women who drank less than a cup of coffee a day. Even though the finding was in women, researchers said coffee would likely have the same effect for men, too. Reduces risk of diabetes Having four cups of coffee a day can slash a woman's risk of Type 2 diabetes by 56 percent, according to a study published in January in the journal Diabetes. In the study of 359 women with diabetes and 359 healthy women, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the more coffee the women drank, the less likely they were to have diabetes. The effect likely has to do with coffee's ability to raise levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in the blood. High blood levels of SHBG are associated with a decreased risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the study. Improves brain function Coffee can also improve brain function in mice, according to a 2010 study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. In that study, researchers gave caffeinated coffee to mice that were engineered to develop Alzheimer's disease. The mice that were given coffee either had the disease progression slow, or the disease never developed at all. The finding suggests coffee could be a treatment for people with Alzheimer's disease, those researchers said. Reduces prostate cancer risk Regular coffee intake (either caffeinated or decaffeinated) is associated with a decreased risk of deadly prostate cancer, according to a study published today (May 17) in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In the study of 47,911 men, 5,035 of whom had prostate cancer and 642 of whom had fatal or advanced cases, researchers found that men who drank the most coffee a day (six or more cups) had a nearly 20 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer than those who drank the least coffee a day. That association is even higher for lethal prostate cancer the men who drank the most coffee a day had a 60 percent decreased risk of developing the disease, according to the study. And even drinking one to three cups of coffee a day was associated with a 30 percent lower risk of lethal prostate cancer , the study said. Pass it on: Coffee has many health benefits, including reducing risk of certain cancers and warding off diabetes and stroke. Follow MyHealthNewsDaily staff writer Amanda Chan on Twitter @AmandaLChan.
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Zeleni čaj ipak ne štiti od raka dojke Zeleni čaj jest zdrav, ali istraživanje provedeno na 54.000 žena pokazuje da nema učinka na pojavu raka dojke Zeleni čaj dobar je za naše zdravlje, ali ipak ne štiti od raka dojke, pokazalo je novo istraživanje provedeno u japanskom Državnom centru za rak u Tokiju i objavljeno u časopisu Breast Cancer Research. Iako su neka prijašnja istraživanja navodila čudesno djelovanje ovog čaja protiv raka dojke, posljednja studija provedena na 54.000 žena nije pronašla takvu povezanost. Kako kaže voditelj studije dr. Motoki Iwasaki, njihovo istraživanje je jedno od prvih koje je analiziralo širok raspon unosa zelenog čaja: od žena koje su pile manje od jedne šalice tjedno do onih koje su pile 10 ili više šalica dnevno. >> Alternativna medicina - što zaista djeluje? Žene su pitane koliko zelenog čaja piju na početku i na kraju studije (nakon pet godina). Oko 12 posto žena pilo je manje od jedne šalice tjedno, a njih 27 posto pet ili više šalica na dan. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali kako je malo vjerojatno da će konzumiranje zelenog čaja smanjiti rizik od raka dojke, bez obzira na vrstu zelenog čaja ili količinu koju žene piju.