Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Just to give you an example, when you drink a cup of coffee, you're consuming over a thousand compounds, over a thousand compounds, including some like caffeic acid or furfural, which are known carcinogens. Now, if we label something as a carcinogen, it means that we know that at some dose in some animal or in some laboratory trial, it causes cancer. It does not mean that it does so in humans.

Just to give you an example, when you drink a cup of coffee, you're consuming over a thousand compounds, over a thousand compounds, including some like caffeic acid or furfural, which are known carcinogens. Now, if we label something as a carcinogen, it means that we know that at some dose in some animal or in some laboratory trial, it causes cancer. It does not mean that it does so in humans.

Just to give you an example, when you drink a cup of coffee, you're consuming over a thousand compounds, over a thousand compounds, including some like caffeic acid or furfural, which are known carcinogens. Now, if we label something as a carcinogen, it means that we know that at some dose in some animal or in some laboratory trial, it causes cancer. It does not mean that it does so in humans.

That's a common misconception that people make. They think that if something is labeled as a carcinogen, it means that it causes cancer in humans. No, it just means that it has the potential to cause cancer. Now, we know that coffee does not cause cancer. We know this.

That's a common misconception that people make. They think that if something is labeled as a carcinogen, it means that it causes cancer in humans. No, it just means that it has the potential to cause cancer. Now, we know that coffee does not cause cancer. We know this.

That's a common misconception that people make. They think that if something is labeled as a carcinogen, it means that it causes cancer in humans. No, it just means that it has the potential to cause cancer. Now, we know that coffee does not cause cancer. We know this.

If coffee did cause cancer, we would know because there's enough coffee consumed by enough people around the world that this would reveal itself epidemiologically. So here we have a situation where we have known carcinogens present in the coffee, but of course the whole coffee as an entity doesn't cause cancer. Why? Because the amounts of the carcinogens in there are in very, very small doses.

If coffee did cause cancer, we would know because there's enough coffee consumed by enough people around the world that this would reveal itself epidemiologically. So here we have a situation where we have known carcinogens present in the coffee, but of course the whole coffee as an entity doesn't cause cancer. Why? Because the amounts of the carcinogens in there are in very, very small doses.

If coffee did cause cancer, we would know because there's enough coffee consumed by enough people around the world that this would reveal itself epidemiologically. So here we have a situation where we have known carcinogens present in the coffee, but of course the whole coffee as an entity doesn't cause cancer. Why? Because the amounts of the carcinogens in there are in very, very small doses.

And coffee also contains some compounds like antioxidants, which can mitigate cancer.

And coffee also contains some compounds like antioxidants, which can mitigate cancer.

And coffee also contains some compounds like antioxidants, which can mitigate cancer.