Even if only for the smell, there are so many reasons to love coffee. The latest? It appears to lower your risk of prostate cancer. A new study suggests that sipping coffee–and the more, the better–could kick your risk of ever getting prostate cancer to the curb, but the cancer-fighting benefits don’t stop there.
It’s no secret that Americans have a love affair with coffee. The average individual drinks slightly over three cups a day, while seven in ten Americans drink it weekly, according to a report from the National Coffee Association.
While coffee has a wide-ranging list of health benefits, including increasing longevity and lowering the risk of diabetes, stroke in women, and depression, reducing cancer risk may be another. Studies have found that coffee can reduce the risk of liver cancer, postmenopausal breast cancer, and colon cancer.