Ooooh, that's hot.
Posted on 10/20/2008 1:01:58 AM PDT by Schnucki
Swedish scientists have created a storm in a D-cup with new research that shows too much coffee reduces the size of women's breasts.
Cancer researchers discovered that around half of all women possess a gene shown to link breast size to coffee intake.
"Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size," said Helena Jernstroem, a lecturer in experimental oncology at Lund University.
Scientists quizzed nearly 300 women about their bust measurements and how many cups of coffee they down in an average day.
The researchers said there was a clear link between drinking coffee and smaller breasts.
But Jernstroem said women should not be worried that downing cups of coffee would see them go from a size D to A overnight.
She explained: "Coffee-drinking women do not have to worry their breasts will shrink to nothing overnight. They will get smaller, but the breasts aren't just going to disappear."
And she added: "Anyone who thinks they can tell which women are coffee drinkers just from their bra measurements will be disappointed. The problem is that there are two measures for a bra, the cup size and the girth, so you wouldn't be able to tell."
But while too much espresso reduces boob size, regular hits of caffeine also reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, the researchers said.
They said that the effect of coffee is related to its impact on estrogens - the female sex hormones. Certain metabolic products of these hormones are known to be carcinogenic, they said, and various substances found in coffee can alter a woman's metabolism so she acquires a better configuration of various estrogens - lowering the risk of cancer.
But women with bigger breasts containing more mammary glands stand a higher chance of developing the disease, added the scientists.
They added that as little as three cups a day was enough to have a noticeable affect on the risk of cancer, researchers found.
But three cups a day was also enough to start making breasts shrink, according to researchers, with breast shrinkage rising more cups drunk.
A cup coffee lover—LOL. Cancer free. :-)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Relax, they just look that way ‘cause they’re getting farther away...(ducking)
I thought for sure there would be a picture rules post here.........
Glad to hear I won’t be getting breast cancer!
I just knew coffee was evil...
Anything larger than a “Grande” is a waste.
Just think...a three year government grant that means spending your time between Starbucks and Hooters. Bet those folks are fed-up with latte's and hot wings.
An article with the words “D-cup” and “Swedish” with no pics??
tsk tsk tsk
Hm...a woman’s breasts tend to shrink with age, right? So how can one tell whether shrinkage is due to age or to coffee?
All this shows is that there is a correlation, among half of a 300 woman survey.
It just might be the other way round. Having small breasts might induce a woman to drink lots of coffee as a kind of “comfort” drink! Not likely I admit, but a perfectly possible interpretation of their results.
hmmmm,my wife doesnt drink coffee, huge bresticles. but then I have seen huge breated coffe drinkers.
That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!
Science has become a joke.
Well, if you can find employment in a field you love, you'll never regret going to work a day in your life!
Shrink, or sink?
Exactly!
It's kind of like saying, since all coffee drinkers eventually die, drinking coffee causes death.
Cheer up, there’s an antidote:
Chocolate!
C’mon, Pictures please.
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