Steaming hot tea linked to cancer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7965380.stm
Apparently causes esophageal cancer due to physical damage.
Milk cools lea, avoiding this risk. Duh.
"Golestan Province in northern Iran has one of the highest rates of OSCC in the world, but rates of smoking and alcohol consumption are low and women are as likely to have a diagnosis as men."
Newsflash! Tea is the irritant, but it ain't the sole reason for abnormal cell division.
Look where it's at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golestan_Province
The whole freaking Caspian Sea coastline is heavily polluted, air and water! Heck they got areas where there is very poor quality potable water from open sewer septage running from towns into the sea, as well as oil and mining pollution in the area.
Note the ethnic population of Golestan, therein lies a clue or two.
If the epidemiologists would pop their heads out of their kesters, many noteworthy disease trends would suddenly make a lot more sense!
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I wonder how many people gulp tea/coffee/water that hot anyway. When you sip hot liquid you atomize (not literally, think of atomizers on perfume bottles) it and cool it down dramatically-- thanks to its higher surface area : volume ratio-- before it reaches the other parts of your mouth.
Also, thanks to silverneedles for the explanation. Some people don't realize that physical stimulus-- not just chemicals-- can cause cancer. Whether it was intended or not, the title of the study/article is very misleading in this way.
Also, thanks to silverneedles for the explanation. Some people don't realize that physical stimulus-- not just chemicals-- can cause cancer. Whether it was intended or not, the title of the study/article is very misleading in this way.
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Cancers are degenerative diseases of ageing, and just like your car it's not all highway miles, what we do ages us as much or more than the passage of time.
In your life to this point it is likely you have had dozens of cancers , but your immune system prevailed and you may never even have noticed their presence.
In your life to this point it is likely you have had dozens of cancers , but your immune system prevailed and you may never even have noticed their presence.
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cancer is not a degenerative disease of aging
it is a damaged cell's DNA (various causes: chemical, radiation, genetic errors etc), leading to uncontrolled cell division +/- invasion in neighboring or distant tissues.
damage to the DNA can occur at any time (and probably right now).
between the age of 5-24 years old, excluding injuries accidents homicide suicide, neoplasm is the next cause of death.
as you said most damaged cells will be removed by the immune system taking out a potential source of cancer.
it is a damaged cell's DNA (various causes: chemical, radiation, genetic errors etc), leading to uncontrolled cell division +/- invasion in neighboring or distant tissues.
damage to the DNA can occur at any time (and probably right now).
between the age of 5-24 years old, excluding injuries accidents homicide suicide, neoplasm is the next cause of death.
as you said most damaged cells will be removed by the immune system taking out a potential source of cancer.
