每天喝咖啡 有助預防肝癌

日本東北大學一項研究顯示，每日喝超過一杯咖啡的人罹患肝癌的機會，較每日喝少於一杯咖啡或不喝咖啡人為低。
這項研究由東北大學公共衛生學系教授?一朗統領，根據6萬1000名成年人的資料匯集而成。?一朗尚未找出咖啡中有助防癌的物質，但他指多喝咖啡有助減低患上肝硬化的機會；此外，過去一些在動物身上進行的研究證明，咖啡豆含有一種名為綠原酸的化學成分，可以減少患上肝癌的風險。

這項研究於1984至1997年間進行，對象是6萬1000名40歲以上的人，觀察期介乎七至九年，結果117人在調查期間患肝癌。研究小組分析各人的年齡、性別和其他因素後，將不喝咖啡者患肝癌的機會定為一，並以這個數字作為基數；他們發現每日喝逾一杯咖啡的人患上肝癌機會是0.58；每日喝少於一杯咖啡的人患肝癌機會是0.71。研究顯示患過肝病、年逾60和曾吸菸的人患上肝癌機會往往較高。


2005-01-22 世界新聞網

wow, more reason to get hooked on coffee now :D btw, what's 綠原酸 in english?

綠原酸 = chlorogenic acid

從明天開始天天喝................

Ted, 你們dept哪些教授對bioinformatics有興趣呀?

Consumption of high doses of chlorogenic acid, present in coffee, or of black tea increases plasma total homocysteine concentrations in humans.

For the complete abstract, go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entr ... 8&dopt=Abstract

BACKGROUND: In population studies, high intakes of coffee are associated with raised concentrations of plasma homocysteine, a predictor of risk of cardiovascular disease. Chlorogenic acid is a major polyphenol in coffee; coffee drinkers consume up to 1 g chlorogenic acid

...blah blah blah...

CONCLUSIONS: Chlorogenic acid, a compound in coffee, and black tea raise total homocysteine concentrations in plasma. Chlorogenic acid could be partly responsible for the higher homocysteine concentrations observed in coffee drinkers. Whether these effects on homocysteine influence cardiovascular disease risk remains to be established.

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唉,就像是俗語說的,有一好,沒兩好...

[ Last edited by jcw007 on 2005-1-24 at 09:40 AM ]

不要過量就好了吧

我學校的Professor Jagota
聽說有在UC系列的學校敎Biotech

You mean Arun Jagota? yeah 我以前有去UCSD extension上過幾堂bioinformatics的certificate classes...they were actually useless because to make it in the field, you need a PhD, not just some certificate...and also i was having problem understanding the instructors haha...

Anyway, how about Dr. Tunghwa Wang? do you or anyone you know have any interaction with him before? cuz he listed bioinformatics as one of his reseach areas.

對啊 Jagota的字超難看懂
課當然也就聽不懂啦 ^^

Dr. Tunghwa Wang沒聽過ㄝ
你可以在我們學校網頁上找找看
www.scu.edu