American Journal of Clinical Nutrition’s November issue features a study which states that coffee and tea can be used to protect individuals from acquiring a type of brain cancer. The two popular drinks, apart from the prevention of a certain type of brain cancer and giving the energy boost needed everyday also lower the risk of having Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease; as proposed by previous studies.
Nonetheless, it is clearly pointed out in the study lead by Dominique Michaud of Brown University that these apply to those who drink a minimum of half a cup in a day. Further, the study suggests that the risk is lowered by 34%.
The form of cancer specifically combated by the coffee and tea duo is glioma, a cancer which affects the central nervous system. It starts either in the brain or the spinal cord. The said study deliberately researched the condition plus dietary habits of more than 410,000 women and men from 25-70 years old from specific parts of Europe and it took around 8.5 years for the study to be completed.

Reference – seerpress.com (November 24,2010)