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| Coffee May Combat
Cancer New research presented this week at a national meeting of scientists will bring a smile to the lips of coffee drinkers everywhere: Coffee may help reduce the risk of cancer. According to a new study conducted by researchers in Texas and Canada, roasted coffee beans contain "cancer chemopreventive agents." To demonstrate this, researchers fed hamsters either normal diets or one of the following, diets containing 15 percent roasted coffee beans, 13 percent roasted coffee beans, defatted coffee beans, or about 2 percent roasted coffee bean oil. Defatted coffee beans are stripped of their natural fatty oils. The hamsters were also exposed to tumor-causing agents three times a week for a total of 36 times. Each of the diets containing coffee beans showed anti-cancer activity in the hamsters, the researchers report, suggesting roasting does not alter the cancer-fighting effects of the beans. This study, presented this week at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif., is one of many new studies showing the benefits of beverages containing coffee, tea, and chocolate. Other new research has found that caffeine is not addictive and coffee consumption may reduce the risk of colon cancer. |
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