Along with the increasing age of a man, prostate, initially well behaved can slowly turn into misery because of the carrier gland becomes easily infected and affected by the disease, including cancer.
Even so, many experts believe we can reduce the chances and minimize the risk of the disease through changes in diet and lifestyle.
Experts from Harvard Medical School in his presentation at the conference of the American Association for Cancer Research in Houston, U.S., says that men who regularly drank coffee prostate cancer risk was reduced by 60 percent when compared with men who do not drink coffee.
Though the experts said it still too early to recommend the men to start drinking coffee, the study results are convincing.
"Lifestyle factors have been shown to consistently associated with prostate cancer risk, and therefore a great relief when the results of this study is strengthened by other studies," said Kathryn M Wilson, Ph. D, from the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School.
In his study, Wilson analyzes the information from the study results Health Professionals Follow-Up Study involving more than 50,000 male coffee drinkers started from 1986 until 2006. During the study period, 4975 men experience prostate cancer.
Based on the study analysis, known to men who consumed a lot of coffee (more than six cups per day) had a 59 percent lower risk of prostate cancer compared with aggressive or fatal nonpeminum coffee.
However, researchers of this study emphasize that caffeine is beneficial not only for prevention of prostate cancer. The study also found men who drank decaffeinated coffee also had a lower risk.
According to Wilson, coffee contains many important components, like antioxidants and minerals that may be an important role in preventing prostate cancer. "Coffee has an effect on insulin and glucose metabolism plays an important role in prostate cancer," he said.
source: kompas.com
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