A scientific study conducted by a research team at the University of Utah found that drinking hot beverages in the morning, such as tea and coffee, can reduce the incidence of certain types of cancer that affect the region of the head and neck.
Indeed, researchers led by the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah examined data from 14 studies conducted by different scientists associated with the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium (INHANCE).
Study participants completed questionnaires about their past consumption of caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and cup tea per day/week/month/year. In a new analysis of data from more than a dozen studies, drinking coffee and tea was associated with a lower risk of developing head and neck cancers, including mouth and neck cancers. throat.
Decaffeinated coffee consumption was associated with a 25% lower risk of oral cancer. Drinking tea was associated with a 29% lower risk of hypopharyngeal cancer. Additionally, drinking one cup or less of tea per day was associated with a 9% lower overall risk of head and neck cancer and a 27% lower risk of hypopharyngeal cancer, but drinking more than A cup was associated with a 38% higher risk of laryngeal cancer.
-Head and neck cancers are the seventh most common form of cancer worldwide, and rates are increasing in low- and middle-income countries.
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