Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study finds

Comments

1. Zoe: a 3x increase is staggering, wonder what the sweet spot is for 'hot' temperature-wise
2. Veraf: seems pretty obvious what's causing those soaring esophageal cancer rates, but still shocking to see the numbers like that
3. Lena: interesting that we're talking about this now, given the whole WHO report on sugar and cancer last year. seems like everyone's getting around to warning us about something in drinks slowly
4. Lunasharma: you mean we should've been brewing tea instead of politics all these years
5. Dane: triple the risk isn't just relative, that's 3 people out of 100. still doesn't mean we should all be drinking iced coffee though
6. Arlo: only surprised it took this long to study what should be common sense
7. Nina Dumont: I'm shocked they didn't mention that just taking sips without pausing is also a bad habit - my grandma used to always stress that slowing down when drinking hot liquids would help
8. Freya: care to explain how something that's been obvious for centuries is just being found now? wasn't my granddad's cautionary 'hot tea will kill you' a clue?
9. Noelreyesxo: I've always taken my tea in moderation, actually brewing it at a lower temp than my grandmother used to. Never thought it'd be this serious though - wonder if the habit of
10. Luna: only people still drinking liquid lava are surprised by this
11. Cleob: I'm not surprised by this, been expecting it to come out soon actually saw a study on a UK pub going through this exact problem
12. Iron Specter: that's a pretty stark warning label if you're like me and always grab your morning cup without thinking twice
13. Larsenadam: people have been warning us about this for ages, why do we still drink our coffee like rocket fuel?
14. Pale Vector: tripling the risk for something that's not exactly uncommon anyway

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