Love Your Coffee Piping Hot? It May Raise Your Esophageal Cancer Risk
Drinking coffee or tea at very high temperatures could triple your risk of esophageal cancer, researchers say. alvarez/E+/Getty Images Researchers have found a possible link between drinking very hot drinks and esophageal cancer. Drinking coffee or tea at too high a temperature was associated with a threefold risk. Experts advise allowing your hot beverage to cool before drinking. Avoiding other…
Drinking very hot coffee or tea may triple the risk of a type of esophageal cancer, according to a recent study of nearly 1 million adults in the United Kingdom. Researchers found that participants who preferred their drinks "very hot" were three times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the most common form of esophageal cancer. The study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, also suggests that reducing the temperature of hot beverages may help prevent many cases of this often-fatal disease.
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