Duh. I didn't address this. Some things decrease your overall risk by various magnitudes, some things don't affect risk and some things increase your risk by various magnitudes. But none of this is ever discussed in these threads. Instead the majority of replies are "everything gives you cancer lol" shitposting.
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Very Hot Beverages are Probable Cancer Trigger, Says WHO
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Duh. I didn't address this. Some things decrease your overall risk by various magnitudes, some things don't affect risk and some things increase your risk by various magnitudes. But none of this is ever discussed in these threads. Instead the majority of replies are "everything gives you cancer lol" shitposting.
Kitsunebaby
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I guess it's a good thing I can't take hot beverages. I always wait to let mine cool for a while.
PartlyCloudlike
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Pho and ramen eaters on notice.
I'm not saying the turnover won't increase further due to consumption of hot drinks, how this causes cancer is not fully understood yet.
So going back to my post I said the statistics tell us that drinking hot drinks might give you cancer but the science is saying we don't quite know why.
ghostofsparta
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So I drink hot green tea to lower my risk of prostate cancer but raise my risk of esophagus cancer. Fuck life
Gabriel_Logan
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No wonder those ascetic Buddhist monks live so long. They don't eat anything.
Spiritwalker
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Read the story people, it says VERY hot. Your coffee/tea is most likely fine.
Speaking of reading the story...
"The National Coffee Association USA recommends holding coffee at 180 to 185F; most coffee sellers serve their drinks at about 10 degrees below that after a lawsuit by a customer who was scalded by cup at the holding temperature at McDonaldsbut thats still higher than experts now recommend to avoid cancer risk."
MrFortyFive
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Don't think my coffee is usually that hot, but either way, fuck it. I'm going to die one day anyway and I enjoy my coffee.
Step one: Add ice.
triplestation
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i always wait for my hot drinks to cool down to a drinkable state
GreatestHits
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Isn't this the same organization that claims there are no 'cures' for cancer? I find it fascinating how ancient hot beverages are, yet do we have evidence of this or even much cancer evidence throughout history? Kinda hard to swallow this one (ha, puns)
10/10 first post right here
ScepticMatt
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Scalding hot pizza with bacon. One-two punch.
Beer Monkey
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You're joking, right? Evidence of cancer is found in old skeletons and mummies, and the term itself has origins hundreds of years before Christ.
Cancer is natural, it's a side effect of tissue regeneration. And there's no secret 'cure' that is being hidden by some conspiracy. Fighting cancer is fighting nature itself (and I'm all for that).
gutter_trash
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I never understood the concept of scolding hot coffee,
i only went to Starbucks twice in my life, the coffee was too piping hot to be drinkable, I had to set it down on my desk and try again in an hour for it to cool down.
Starbucks scolding hot temperature is abnormal
i only went to Starbucks twice in my life, the coffee was too piping hot to be drinkable, I had to set it down on my desk and try again in an hour for it to cool down.
Starbucks scolding hot temperature is abnormal
Is this accurate? Does it hold for the liquid it self or also the container? I usually feel on the cup when my tea is drinkable.
Caus'I have no idea what very hot and 65 celcius actually means in practice. Guess I'll buy a drink thermometer or something.
I remember cafes like Starbucks put extra cardboard sleeves on the cups, so you don't burn your fingers.
That said, I think the mouth is less sensitive to heat because of saliva, which is like a heatsink due to its similar water properties.
So hm. Maybe I'm wrong on the number of heat receptors, but it definitely does feel like the mouth has fewer heat receptors.
Well I suppose if you cook the tumor to a proper temperature you should be fine from any food borne illnesses. You could always roll the dice and sashimi it though.
how'bout celery
PdotMichael
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More like when will we get the study which claims the opposite.
WHO spends years, sometimes decades to collect enough data for a conclusion. I don't think anything has ever been removed from this list. Don't confuse WHO with some random study, those get reported on and proven false quite regularly.
I hope this will lead to some action on the part of some bigger chains.
Here is a handy list, it's not "everything". You can get cancer anyway but these things have been proven to increase the chance.
CadetMahoney
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McDonalds extra hot coffee put on blast.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I'm not giving hot tea. I didn't give up bacon neither, and I'm not dead yet.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I may be wrong, but as I understand it, anything that can potentially cause cellular damage increases the potential for mutation which can include cancerous ones.
Careful, you'll get dick cancer.
StrangeTaco
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Oh god... I'm doomed.
And you know what, I'll still enjoy my 3 cups of tea a day even knowing that it may increase my risk for esophageal cancer.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Brew it hot, cool it with ice. That's how good iced coffee is made.
Most people drink/sip "very hot" coffee.
The OP clearly states 149F is defined as "very hot". 149F is not hot at all.
radios shipping overview
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My grandmother died of it. She never smoked.
ElectricBlanketFire
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My parents and grandparents.
astroturfing
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sensitive people are more prone to cancer. good luck!
well yea, anything that can damage cells. don't bump your elbow anywhere, you might get elbow cancer even years later.
How hot is Coffee that comes out of a Keurig? Because I drink it down right after that.
Most coffee is brewed 185-195F, I would assume somewhere in that range(edit: Keurig's site says 192 is the default temperature). Well above the cutoff for this study.
That's up there with waiting for it to cool down naturally for bad ideas. At least brew it directly into a cup of ice. But really just cold brew for the best iced coffee, and to only have to make coffee a handful of times a month.
Extra Sauce
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This just in: Reading articles about cancer triggers can lead to cancer.
John Dunbar
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does eating cancerous tumors give you cancer?
astroturfing
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well plants naturally release chemicals to fight pests and when you chew on them those chemicals damage the cells in your mouth and esophagus and stomach and colon so many types of cancer can result.
I have no idea, but I know I usually sip tea that's around 185-190F.
That sounds about right. The sweet spot for brewing tea is 190F.
astroturfing
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definitely, reading anything that increases your stress levels even a little leaves you vulnerable to cancerous mutations because the stress hormone cortisol can and will dampen your immune system's ability to fix those cancerous mutations.
yanipheonu
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Well I guess. Also sunlight causes cancer, and it's entirely possible I'll be killed by a car accident. Can't let fear of death mess with your life.
But I mean, tea is the most popular beverage in the world outside of water, I don't think this is a massive problem.
I'll just drink my coffee now.
But I mean, tea is the most popular beverage in the world outside of water, I don't think this is a massive problem.
I'll just drink my coffee now.
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