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Coffee and Skin Cancer

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    • July 2, 2012 at 8:24 pm
    Sherron
    Participant

      I heard this on the news today and just read some about it…Life it you drink 3 cups a day, it will help protect you from skin cancer….PLEASE????  REALLY???  Jim drank coffee, much more than 3 cups for at least 42 years of his life….He has been gone for 19 months this past Saturday.  Why do they come up with the silly false hopes for people….

      Wishing you all well as you continue your fight.  I don't post much anymore, but check in often.  This became of part of my life.

      Take Care,

       

      Sherron, wife to Jim FOREVER

      I heard this on the news today and just read some about it…Life it you drink 3 cups a day, it will help protect you from skin cancer….PLEASE????  REALLY???  Jim drank coffee, much more than 3 cups for at least 42 years of his life….He has been gone for 19 months this past Saturday.  Why do they come up with the silly false hopes for people….

      Wishing you all well as you continue your fight.  I don't post much anymore, but check in often.  This became of part of my life.

      Take Care,

       

      Sherron, wife to Jim FOREVER

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        • July 2, 2012 at 9:33 pm
        LynnLuc
        Participant

          I drank 3-4 pots a day for over 35 years so far..anot including my Lattes…I even grind my beans….http://www.webmd.com/melanoma-skin-cancer/news/20120702/caffeine-linked-to-lower-skin-cancer-risk

          • July 2, 2012 at 9:33 pm
          LynnLuc
          Participant

            I drank 3-4 pots a day for over 35 years so far..anot including my Lattes…I even grind my beans….http://www.webmd.com/melanoma-skin-cancer/news/20120702/caffeine-linked-to-lower-skin-cancer-risk

            • July 2, 2012 at 9:33 pm
            LynnLuc
            Participant

              I drank 3-4 pots a day for over 35 years so far..anot including my Lattes…I even grind my beans….http://www.webmd.com/melanoma-skin-cancer/news/20120702/caffeine-linked-to-lower-skin-cancer-risk

              • July 2, 2012 at 9:38 pm
              MichaelFL
              Participant

                Total nonsense. I also drank coffee all my adult life, even now. Never stopped me from  getting melanoma.

                • July 2, 2012 at 9:38 pm
                MichaelFL
                Participant

                  Total nonsense. I also drank coffee all my adult life, even now. Never stopped me from  getting melanoma.

                  • July 2, 2012 at 9:38 pm
                  MichaelFL
                  Participant

                    Total nonsense. I also drank coffee all my adult life, even now. Never stopped me from  getting melanoma.

                    • July 2, 2012 at 9:50 pm
                    JC
                    Participant

                      Ditto.  I have been drinking at least a pot of coffee a day for 15 years, and I still developed melanoma.

                      • July 2, 2012 at 9:50 pm
                      JC
                      Participant

                        Ditto.  I have been drinking at least a pot of coffee a day for 15 years, and I still developed melanoma.

                        • July 2, 2012 at 9:50 pm
                        JC
                        Participant

                          Ditto.  I have been drinking at least a pot of coffee a day for 15 years, and I still developed melanoma.

                          • July 2, 2012 at 10:17 pm
                          TSchulz
                          Participant

                            Please read the article – it states that the only correlated skin cancer risk reduction was found with basal cell carcinoma. There was NO reduced risk of developing melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma associated with caffeine intake.  Unfortunately, the term "skin cancer" is a very broad brush term and as we all know different beasts altogether.  

                            • July 2, 2012 at 10:17 pm
                            TSchulz
                            Participant

                              Please read the article – it states that the only correlated skin cancer risk reduction was found with basal cell carcinoma. There was NO reduced risk of developing melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma associated with caffeine intake.  Unfortunately, the term "skin cancer" is a very broad brush term and as we all know different beasts altogether.  

                              • July 2, 2012 at 10:17 pm
                              TSchulz
                              Participant

                                Please read the article – it states that the only correlated skin cancer risk reduction was found with basal cell carcinoma. There was NO reduced risk of developing melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma associated with caffeine intake.  Unfortunately, the term "skin cancer" is a very broad brush term and as we all know different beasts altogether.  

                                • July 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm
                                washoegal
                                Participant

                                  Dang 2-3 cup a day drinker and it hasn't worked for me either.  Plenty of BC removed too.  OH well, reduced risk doesn't mean NO RISK.

                                  • July 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm
                                  washoegal
                                  Participant

                                    Dang 2-3 cup a day drinker and it hasn't worked for me either.  Plenty of BC removed too.  OH well, reduced risk doesn't mean NO RISK.

                                    • July 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm
                                    washoegal
                                    Participant

                                      Dang 2-3 cup a day drinker and it hasn't worked for me either.  Plenty of BC removed too.  OH well, reduced risk doesn't mean NO RISK.

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