Definition
Coffee is a beverage made from coffee beans, which have been cleaned, dried, roasted, ground, and brewed with hot water to extract their flavor.
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Coffee, along with tea and water, is one of the most frequently consumed beverages in the world. The popularity of coffee is likely related not only to its taste but also to its content of caffeine, which stimulates the central nervous system. Associations between coffee consumption and risk of cancer and other chronic diseases have been studied extensively. Concerns about potential health risks of coffee drinking raised by epidemiologic studies in the past were likely exaggerated by associations between high coffee consumption and unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. More recent knowledge has put coffee in a more optimistic light, and to date there is evidence that coffee consumption may reduce the risk of some chronic diseases, including liver cancer, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and...
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Larsson, S.C. (2015). Coffee Consumption. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_1252-2
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