Drinking hot coffee could increase the risk of throat cancer.
Drinking hot coffee increases the risk of throat cancer
A new study has revealed that those who enjoy the warm beverage may be five times more likely to suffer from the disease.
The research found that those who drank coffee were 2.8 times more likely to have throat cancer than non-drinkers and those who take the drink hot are 5.5 times more likely to be diagnosed.
Dr. Stephen Burgess, of the biostatistics unit at Cambridge University, said: "It seems to be that thermal injury is the most plausible hypothesis, and that would explain why we're seeing evidence of effect even in coffee non-drinkers who we assume would be tea drinkers.
"It would be unreasonable to say that this is telling people 'instead of coffee, you should drink tea and you'll be perfectly OK.'"
Burgess added: "Avoiding drinking coffee at too high a temperature is really the conclusion."