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Post by leighzard on Jun 18, 2016 7:18:38 GMT -6
Be specific, it says scalding hot coffee that damages your esophagus may lead to cancer of the esophagus. It's not such a controversial finding. Did you know sunlight can cause cancer? Acually that's about how it works. Your esophagus is line with epithelial mucosa, so it's kind of like a continuation of your skin (more like what lines the inside of your cheek in your mouth). Any time your cells suffer damage (from burns, cuts, daily wear and tear, etc.) there's a risk of mutation as they repair themselves. And there's a risk that any mutation that does occur could be a cancerous one. Radiation damage, which may encourage mutation, is more likely from a sunburn than from a scald, but a burn is a burn and if you keep damaging your cells over time those fractional risks add up. Boom. Cancer. But most of us don't drink coffee/tea/hot chocolate at temperatures that will burn your esophagus. Because, well, that would hurt. And it's the temperature that matters, not the beverage itself, I guess it's just that coffee is the most popular hot beverage. Wait, I mean, I'm clearly immune to all cancers because I only drink tea! I'm immortal! So many things today can give you fucking cancer. How did humans survive for so long? Going off on a rant here but we've been using sugar for 100s of years and no one complained, salt, and other good stuff, yet now that's all bad for you. Could it actually be all the bloody chemicals that they put in the food and not the actual food itself? Snoring was a normal human function since the year dot. But not it too is bad. So yes enjoy your life and don't worry about cancer. Well here's the thing, over those past 100s of years, something else was likely to get you before the cancer. Like, famine, bubonic plague, violence from civil unrest, or a bear. As medicine and nutrition have improved we live long enough now that we have the opportunity to develop cancer (we've even been known to help it along with cigarettes). The incidence of stomach cancer, however, has decreased, since the advent of refrigeration. If you live long enough, you will get cancer. The cancer may not kill you, and something else could kill you first, but that's just sort of a fact right now. It can always change. Go science!
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