Anche il caffè nel mirino dell’Oms. | eatparade

After the red meat and processed, the IARC, the Oms agency for cancer research, end up in the viewfinder is also the most popular drink and most loved by Italians: the coffee. After the collection phase of the scientific studies to evaluate the carcinogenic potential of coffee that will end on April 22, between 24 and 31 May 2016, the IARC expert, will present a monograph devoted to coffee, the mate and the other hot drinks, to decide whether to include them in the list of carcinogenic foods.

Already in 1991, it has been included in group 2b, or between substances probably carcinogenic to the limited possibilities that cause bladder cancer, without having any consequences on the stomach and breast. Now, in addition to the effects on the organism of the prolonged consumption of caffeine and acids chlorine gene, it will be evaluated the action of Aflatoxins, and in particular Ochratoxin A, a mycotoxin epatocancerogena.

It is scientifically proven that coffee has important positive effects on the human being: in healthy people, drink three cups of coffee a day may help prevent cancer of the oral cavity / pharynx, liver (including cirrhosis), endometrium and perhaps colon. Therefore, in the crosshairs of the WHO will not end the characteristics and composition of the plant, but the type of toasting or roasting because many chemicals are transformed, they disappear and are formed; and the effect of high temperatures.