A protective effect of coffee consumption on hepatocellular cancer is biologically plausible.
Incomplete PD case ascertainment among heavy coffee drinkers could also lead to an apparent
protective effect of coffee drinking if heavy coffee intake were associated with not participating in follow - up examinations.
To investigate the possible
protective effects of coffee and tea, researchers examined data on more than 2,400 Dutch individuals age 45 or older who did not have liver disease.
Not exact matches
While the possible
protective effect of smoking against PSC seems rather unique to this particular liver disease,
coffee consumption has been shown to protect against multiple other liver conditions including liver cirrhosis and liver cancer — and now for the first time also against PSC.
Overall, frequent herbal tea and
coffee drinking appeared to have a
protective effect on the liver and prevent scarring among those who had not yet developed any obvious signs
of liver disease, researchers said.
A number
of studies have considered
coffee consumption and the incidence
of stroke, concluding that there is no indication
of an association and some suggestion
of a
protective effect:
Chlorogenic acid is responsible for the moderate heart
protective and anti-inflammatory
effects of coffee.
Several human studies have also reported that
coffee consumption may have a
protective effect on the risk
of stroke71 - 75, especially in women72.
Breast cancer: Consumption
of caffeinated
coffee, but not decaf, has a
protective effect on postmenopausal breast cancer risk.
And, in addition, recent studies have linked a regular
coffee habit to a range
of benefits — from a reduced risk
of Type 2 diabetes to a
protective effect against Parkinson's disease.
This finding is consistent with a number
of previous reports
of J - or U-shaped associations between
coffee and MI,11 - 14 suggesting a
protective effect of moderate
coffee consumption.
In conclusion, our results support a possible
protective effect of caffeine, mainly from
coffee consumption, on risk
of depression.