Oxford study links very hot drinks to oesophageal cancer
A University of Oxford study combining about 980,000 adults from UK Biobank and the Million Women Study found that people who drank hot beverages had about 1.7 times the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma compared with those who drank warm drinks, rising to roughly three times the risk for very hot consumption. Drinking six or more hot beverages daily also raised risk. The study did not record exact temperatures, but notes Western drink temperatures are estimated near 60°C and that the International Agency for Research on Cancer previously classified beverages above 65°C as probably carcinogenic. Simple cooling or adding milk may reduce risk.
Very hot tea and coffee increase oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk.
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Researchers combined two large UK studies to examine drink temperature and cancer. The study found links to squamous cell carcinoma but not adenocarcinoma. More research is needed to identify exact drink temperatures linked to increased…
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