Do you often drink very hot beverages? Check this out. According to World Health Organization, very hot drinks increases the risk of people to get cancer.
Very hot beverages, which include coffee, tea and mate, are probable cancer triggers for people, according to study.
World Health Organization (WHO) says that hot drinks like coffee, tea and mate are among some of the very hot beverages which increases the risk to have cancer.
This was after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), reviewed around 1,000 studies that investigated a connection between high-temperature beverages and their potential link to cancer.
The group was made up of 23 scientists from 10 countries.
Based on the available evidence, the scientists conclude that drinking very hot beverages, is linked to higher risk of cancer of the esophagus.
Very high beverages is defined as drinks having temperature as anything above 149F (65C).
The study was published in Lancet Oncology.
The researchers based their conclusion on studies that found higher rates of esophageal cancer among people who drank extremely hot tea or coffee compared to those who consumed their drinks at lower temperatures.
The report also concludes, however, that there isn’t adequate evidence to classify coffee itself as a carcinogen.
In the studies the group reviewed, they found out that there seemed to be an increased risk of esophageal cancer only when people drank very hot beverages, usually above 149F.
“Basically this is a reassuring message for coffee drinkers,” says Dr. Alberto Ascherio, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Just don’t drink it too hot.
The National Coffee Association USA recommends making coffee at 180 to 185F. But most coffee sellers in the US serve their drinks at about 10 degrees below that after a lawsuit filed by a customer who was scalded by cup at the holding temperature at McDonald’s—but that’s still higher than experts now recommend to avoid cancer risk.