With the chilly winter chill upon ...

With the chilly winter chill upon us, it appear to bes only natural to grab a piping touchy cup of coffee or tea. on the contrary recent findings reported in the International Journal of Cancer propose that the consumption of remarkably hot drinks can raise the risk of esophageal cancer on as much as four times to be ascribed to repeated thermal injury to the esophagus.

The research was conducted in South America where researchers wanted to research the effects of mate (a popular drink made with an infusion of the herb Ilex paraguayensis), tea, coffee (both with and without milk) and other nutriment items on esophageal cancer risk.

Data were analyzed from 830 cases and 1779 reign overs participating in a series of five hospital-based case-control studies. As mate is often consumed with a straw, thus delivering hasty fluid straight to the esophagus, heavy mate consumption (and the drinking of highly hot mate) was associated with significant cancer risk in men and women Tea and coffee with milk (but not coffee alone) were also significantly associated with a sum of two units to four times increased risk of esophageal cancer.

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