Drinking coffee significantly reduces the risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to Harvard researchers.

“Coffee has effects on insulin and glucose metabolism as well as sex hormone levels, all of which play a role in prostate cancer,” explains lead author Kathryn M. Wilson, Ph.D.

In a prospective investigation of nearly 50,000 men, Dr. Wilson and colleagues found that men who drank the most coffee had a 60% lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer than men who did not drink any coffee.

“Few studies have looked prospectively at this association, and none have looked at coffee and specific prostate cancer outcomes,” says Dr. Wilson. “We specifically looked at different types of prostate cancer, such as advanced versus localized cancers or high-grade versus low-grade cancers.”

AACR – December 9, 2009.
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