Cancer risk: Splash of milk in your tea could cut chance of throat cancer
Drinking two piping hot mugs of tea a day could almost double your risk of cancer of the gullet, a study suggests.
A study published in the International Journal of Cancer looked at the drinking habits of 50,027 people aged 40 to 75 who lived in northeast Iran. They found that drinking 700ml of tea at 60C or above was associated with a 90 per cent increase in the risk of developing a form of the disease known as oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
The researchers said that it would be “reasonable” to extrapolate their results to other types of hot drink.
Experts believe that hot drinks may damage the cells of the oesophagus, making it more vulnerable to other carcinogens, although this study did not