| Green tea is noted and known for helping prevent | | | | Studies have also shown that women who drink one |
| breast cancer. This is due to the fact that it has | | | | to three cups a day have a ten percent reduction in |
| antioxidants which help detoxify the blood. But what | | | | risk over those that only drink coffee occasionally |
| of that staple of Western life, the humble coffee? | | | | (not everyday) or not at all. It was also found in |
| Coffee is the most widely consumed beverage in | | | | women who had BRCA2 gene mutation that coffee |
| North America and studies have shown that it can be | | | | had a negligible effect on their risk for developing |
| beneficial to your health in moderation. Indeed, many | | | | breast cancer. BRCA1 and 2 are simply breast cancer |
| of us (author included) drink a cup or two in the | | | | susceptibility genes. |
| morning to help us wake up and function. | | | | Researchers believe the lower cancer risk may be |
| However, studies have also indicated that coffee can | | | | the result of phytoestrogens found in the coffee. |
| be used to fight breast cancer as well. Woman who | | | | Decaffeinated coffee consumption had no effect on |
| drink six or more cups a day were shown to have a | | | | breast cancer rates. This has to be confirmed, but |
| reduction of seventy-five percent in overall risk of | | | | this goes a long way in fighting breast cancer. Now if |
| breast cancer development. Similarly, those that drink | | | | they could only figure out a way to have the good |
| coffee and have BRCA1 gene mutations were found | | | | effects without the side effects of drinking that |
| to have a lower risk of breast cancer then those | | | | much coffee.... |
| that didn't. | | | | |