Coffee and Your Health: Part 2 Coffee and Cancer (RR16)

Welcome to the Coffee and Your Health series of the Roast and Reason podcast! Is coffee good for you or does it cause health problems? There is a lot of conventional wisdom out there about coffee and health that is just plain wrong. So in this series we will evaluate what the scientific research actually tells us. So lets find out if coffee just tastes good or if it is also good for us.

Part 2 of this series is all about coffee and cancer. Does coffee cause cancer? Or might it actually help prevent cancer? This episode will explore the current and best scientific research on the link between coffee and cancer.

This past week a judge in California ruled that coffee companies were breaking the law of Proposition 65 and that coffee would require a warning label saying that a chemical in coffee causes cancer. In this episode I will discuss Proposition 65, this judge's ruling, and the science behind the concerning chemical in coffee: acrylamide.

I will also examine and breakdown the results of extensive research on drinking coffee and cancer. As a brief summary, there is no scientific evidence that coffee causes cancer. And the opposite might in fact be true. Drinking coffee is associated with a lower risk of liver, endometrial, oral, esophageal, and colon cancer. Find out more in the episode.