{"id":29131,"date":"2026-09-10T17:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=29131"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:40:59","slug":"garyachi-napoi-rak-stravohodu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/science-tech\/garyachi-napoi-rak-stravohodu\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you drink your tea or coffee very hot? Scientists have warned of the risk of cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular consumption of very hot drinks may almost triple the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. Researchers at the University of Oxford reached this conclusion after analysing data from nearly one million people in the UK. At the same time, the researchers emphasise that the problem is likely not the tea or coffee itself, but the high temperature of the drink.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\"><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The study involved around 980,000 people.<\/li>\n<li>\u00abVery hot\u00bb drinks have been linked to an almost threefold increase in the risk of one type of oesophageal cancer.<\/li>\n<li>For \u00abhot\u00bb drinks, the risk was approximately 1.7 to 2 times higher.<\/li>\n<li>It is the temperature itself, rather than tea or coffee, that is the likely factor.<\/li>\n<li>The WHO classifies drinks hotter than 65\u00b0C as \u00abprobably carcinogenic\u00bb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"tcnnc1\" data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"939\">What a new study has revealed<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1126\">The team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/admissions\/graduate\/courses\/departments\/population-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford Population Health<\/a> analysed data on approximately <strong data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1026\">980,000 adults<\/strong> from the UK Biobank and the Million Women Study. The participants\u2019 health was monitored for over ten years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1222\">People were asked how they usually drink hot drinks \u2014 lukewarm, hot or very hot.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1504\">Compared with those who preferred hot drinks, among coffee lovers <strong data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1302\">hot<\/strong> For those who consumed alcoholic drinks, the risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus was almost twice as high. Among those who described their drinks as <strong data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1431\">\u00abvery hot\u00bb<\/strong>, the risk was approximately three times higher.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1682\">The study was published on 9 September in <em data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1576\">International Journal of Cancer<\/em>. This is the largest study of its kind carried out amongst the population of Great Britain.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"6h6cy5\" data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1748\">Six or more hot drinks a day also increased the risk<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1750\" data-end=\"2017\">Researchers found a link not only with temperature but also with the number of drinks consumed. According to the study, consumption of <strong data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1900\">six or more hot drinks a day<\/strong> was associated with an approximately 71% higher risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2019\" data-end=\"2269\">At the same time, it is important to note that this concerns <strong data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2071\">relative risk<\/strong>. This type of cancer itself remains relatively rare: Cancer Research UK estimates the lifetime risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in the UK to be approximately 1%.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2271\" data-end=\"2389\">In other words, the new findings do not mean that people who regularly drink hot coffee are at a high risk of developing cancer.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"gvpjc2\" data-start=\"2391\" data-end=\"2435\">Why it is dangerous to drink beverages that are too hot<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2437\" data-end=\"2700\">Researchers suggest that high temperatures may <strong data-start=\"2488\" data-end=\"2532\">damage the mucous membrane of the oesophagus<\/strong>. Repeated thermal damage and inflammation over a long period of time may potentially contribute to the development of malignant changes in cells.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2959\">This hypothesis is not new. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/have-a-plan-for-your-summer-holiday\/\">WHO<\/a>, back in 2016, classified the consumption of drinks by temperature <strong data-start=\"2857\" data-end=\"2871\">over 65\u00b0C<\/strong> as \u00abprobably carcinogenic to humans\u00bb \u2014 Group 2A.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"3199\">At the same time, the IARC emphasised that the data specifically indicate <strong data-start=\"3012\" data-end=\"3027\">temperature<\/strong>, rather than on the properties of coffee, tea or mate. For example, hot or cold mate did not show the same association with oesophageal cancer.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1nsfzqe\" data-start=\"3201\" data-end=\"3244\">Should you give up coffee and tea?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3246\" data-end=\"3417\">No. A new study <strong data-start=\"3267\" data-end=\"3329\">did not show that tea or coffee, on their own, increase the risk<\/strong>. The correlation was observed specifically with the temperature of the drink.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3419\" data-end=\"3720\">Scientists also point out that the study is observational: it shows a consistent link, but cannot conclusively prove that the hot drink was the cause of the illness. Furthermore, the participants estimated the temperature of their drinks themselves, rather than measuring it with a thermometer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3722\" data-end=\"3930\">The simplest piece of advice is \u2014 <strong data-start=\"3749\" data-end=\"3819\">Don\u2019t drink tea or coffee whilst they\u2019re scalding hot; let them cool down a little<\/strong>. The IARC classifies temperatures above 65\u00b0C as \u00abvery hot\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3932\" data-end=\"4139\">At the same time, Cancer Research UK emphasises that the following remain the most significant proven risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus: <strong data-start=\"4066\" data-end=\"4098\">smoking and alcohol consumption<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u0435\u0433\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0440\u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0433\u0430\u0440\u044f\u0447\u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0457\u0432 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0439\u0436\u0435 \u0443\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0456 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0449\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0440\u0438\u0437\u0438\u043a \u043f\u043b\u043e\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0443 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