Coffee is one of the most popular beverages around the world. Nothing feels more refreshing than waking to a fresh aroma of brewed coffee. Coffee has been associated with many health benefits like stroke in women, Alzheimer, and so on. A study establishes link between coffee and skin cancer.
What is skin cancer?
Skin Cancer are growths on skin with differing causes and varying degrees of malignancy. The three most common malignant skin cancers are basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, and melanoma, each of which is named after the type of skin cell from which it arises. Skin cancer generally develops in the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin), so a tumor can usually be seen. This means that it is often possible to detect skin cancers at an early stage.
Unlike many other cancers, only a small minority of those affected will actually die of the disease, though it can be disfiguring. Melanoma survival rates are poorer than for non-melanoma skin cancer, although when melanoma is diagnosed at an early stage, treatment is easier and more people survive.
Coffee and its health effects
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark, slightly acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries. Coffee contains several compounds, which are known to affect human body chemistry. The most important is caffeine which acts as a stimulant. The coffee bean itself contains chemicals which are mild psychotropics for humans as a defense mechanism. Coffee also contains a currently unknown chemical agent which stimulates the production of cortisone and adrenaline, two stimulating hormones.