Health Benefits of Coffee Consumption for Cancer and Other Diseases and Mechanisms of Action.

ABSTRACT: Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide, and epidemiology studies associate higher coffee consumption with decreased rates of mortality and decreased rates of neurological and metabolic diseases, including Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes. In addition, there is also evidence that higher coffee consumption is associated with lower rates of colon and rectal cancer, as well as breast, endometrial, and other cancers, although for some of these cancers, the results are conflicting. These studies reflect the chemopreventive effects of coffee; there is also evidence that coffee consumption may be therapeutic for some forms of breast and colon cancer, and this needs to be further investigated. The mechanisms associated with the chemopreventive or chemotherapeutic effec

SUBMITTER: Safe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9916720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature