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Health Studies Correct Coffee Misconceptions

Coffee drinking does not increase the risk of coronary heart disease or death.

Coffee may decrease the risk of oral/pharyngeal and esophageal cancer.

Coffee may assist in the prevention of human colorectal cancers.

Long-term coffee consumption decreases your risk for type 2 diabetes.

Coffee drinking is associated with reduced risk of alcohol-associated pancreatitis.

Coffee may serve as a preventive against liver injury.

There is no association between coffee intake or alcohol intake and risk of pancreatic cancer.

Total coffee and total caffeine consumption does not increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

Increased coffee consumption was associated with a decreased risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Consumption of coffee or caffeine was not associated with breast cancer incidence.

Epidemiological studies have found an inverse association between coffee consumption and the risk of certain types of cancers such as colorectal cancers.

Several human studies on birth defects have been conducted and the overall results do not implicate coffee as a likely human teratogen. However, there is some evidence that consumption of three or more cups of coffee per day may have a modest effect on lowering infant birth weight. Studies of coffee consumption and increased rates of spontaneous abortion and delayed time to conception are inconsistent and conclusions cannot yet be drawn.



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