Coffee Bad for Boobies?

A week ago, I had an abdomen ultrasound that found only a tiny, apparently harmless cyst in my right kidney.  I happened to have the book You: The Owner's Manual on hand, so I did a little reading up on cysts.  A word that's stuck in my head is methylxantines.  I don't know if kidney cysts and breast cysts have anything all in common, but apparently methylxantines are bad news for womens' breasts.  As much as I love coffee, hey, priorities are priorities—so I pass on this information (excerpted below), though with a heavy heart.

Fibrocystic breast disease is a benign but sometimes painful condition, occurring in about 20% of pre-menopausal women and associated with a three times greater risk for the development of breast cancer. It can be caused by estrogen dominance, a high animal fat dietary intake and caffeine consumption (Ed. note: emphasis added) Pain and swelling from the breast cysts usually occurs in the second half of a woman's menstrual cycles and typically affects both breasts.

Fibrocystic breast disease can be reversed by cutting down on high fat foods, especially hormone-containing foods like beef, pork, eggs, chicken and all dairy products. Avoid alcohol, sugar and white flour products, all of which encourage the development of breast cysts in sensitive individuals. Products containing caffeine and methylxantines like coffee (Ed. note: emphasis added), black tea, chocolate, cola drinks and some analgesics should be avoided. Eat more citrus fruits, beets, celery, carrots, artichokes, parsnips, spinach, cucumbers and antioxidant rich green foods like spirulina, chlorella, green kamut and barley green.

Supplements that may help shrink some of the swelling from breast cysts are Vitamin A, selenium, silicon, vitamin V6, vitamin E, alpha lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, pycnogenol from grape seed extract, flax seed oil, evening primrose oil and the pineal gland hormone melatonin. Melatonin works by blocking estrogen receptors and shows promise against both fibrocystic breast disease and breast cancer. Some doctors have reported successful elimination of breast cysts using concentrated forms of iodine. Other B complex vitamins and lipotrophic factors such as choline, methionine and cysteine are also beneficial.

Comments

[Mary Dally-Muenzmaier]

Hope you're feelin' okay, buddy.

The debate of whether or not coffee can be counted as a primary cause of cancer has not yet been settled. Professor Bernard Stewart of the University of NSW in Australia recently released a cancer risk report that found that coffee is "extremely unlikely to cause cancer".

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=374962

While this article does not mention whether the report delved into cyst development that could possibly lead to cancer, I think, as with all things, moderation of consumption is probably the best policy, particularly for those who are sensitive to food and drink.

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