1 in 10 still believe coffee can cause cancer

A new survey done by the World Cancer Research Fund amongst 2000 adults has revealed that 1 in 10 adults still believe that coffee can cause cancer.

It was carried out to highlight the still perceived common misconceptions and presumptions about coffee consumption.

The charity has released information stating that there is no evidence to suggest that coffee causes any source of cancer. The effects of coffee drinking, or certainly caffeine intake may well go towards preventing forms of womb cancer and combating against liver cancer, statistics state.

Another common thought, highlighted by the survey, is that caffeine can assist weight loss, although the World Cancer Research Fund claim there are no strong facts to suggest this is true, 6% of coffee drinking adults still believe this.

1 in 5 adults were found to believe that caffeine was the most dangerous component of coffee.

The charity states that a far greater risk would be the full fat milk and added sugar that many adults put in their drink, raising the daily calorie intake when drinking regular cups of coffee throughout the day.

The figures have been compiled from the Continuous Update Project (CUP) and Dr Rachel Thompson has spoken regarding the findings, she stated that despite the evidence surrounding coffee consumption and health there are still many variables. How many cups a day? How regularly? The overall lifestyle of the coffee drinking individual is still a massive uncharted variable and to make prove or disprove many assumptions regarding coffee much more research still needs to be done.