Drinking hot drinks is dangerous
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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What kind of drink do we usually drink in cool weather? That's right: hot tea. It not only warms, but also gives a rush of energy, eliminates the first signs of a cold, invigorates. However, scientists warn: a hot drink can be very dangerous to health. If you regularly drink tea in a hot state, the risk of getting cancer of the esophagus increases many times.
Previously, researchers pointed mainly to the healing properties of tea: infusion on tea leaves contains polyphenols, antioxidants and other useful components. Drink is extremely popular in all corners of the planet. According to statistical services, only in 2016 there were sold about three million tons of tea leaves in the world.
What did the scientists discover now? They, as before, maintain a moderate drink, but only with the following condition: it should not be hot.
According to the results of the research work carried out by workers from the University of Beijing, there was an increased risk of drinking hot tea - especially if such a person consumes a person who abuses smoking or alcohol.
According to data provided by the World Foundation for the Study of Oncology, malignant disease of the esophagus stands at the eighth place among the global incidence of cancer processes. The highest incidence rate is recorded annually among residents of China and the Central Asian region.
One of the authors of the paper, June Liu, representative of the biostatistics and epidemiology departments at the University of Beijing, points out the existence of a serious connection between the use of hot drinks and the development of cancer in the esophagus.
Professor Liu for a long time studied the effect of high temperature on the appearance of the cancer process in the esophagus. He managed to confirm that a number of irritating factors play a role in the malignant transformation of the cellular structures of the digestive tract. First of all, we are talking about alcohol, nicotine and high-temperature liquids. It turned out that a person who does not drink or smoke, can periodically allow himself to use freshly brewed hot tea - the likelihood of negative consequences while minimizing. However, a person who smokes and drinks alcohol, who likes to pamper himself with a hot drink, increases the risk of developing esophageal cancer many times.
The specialists monitored the health status of volunteers in the framework of the China Kadoorie Biobank project. Such a project was aimed at combining and evaluating information on various chronic pathologies among Chinese residents. To ensure the accuracy of the data received, experts were not included in the list of patients with diagnosed oncological diseases, regardless of their location.
In the final testing almost 500 000 patients of different sex and age took part. Over the next 10 years, more than 1,700 participants found a cancerous process in the esophagus.
As scientists calculated, the combination of smoking, drinking alcohol and hot tea increased the risk of cancer in the esophagus 5 times. This trend was not detected in people who drank tea, and at the same time led a healthy lifestyle.
Details of the study are described in the Annals of Internal Medicine, as well as on the site of the magazine annals.org
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