Caffeine and Skin

Coffee, tea, or -- sunscreen? Research into the effects of caffeine in mice shows the drug can help get rid of sun damaged skin cells before they become cancerous.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• coffee
• sun
• beach
• cancer
• skin
• mice
• caffeine
• sunscreen
• health
• prevention

[10000EARTHQUAKES]

Drink your red bull, fluoridate your water, and eat your mcdonalds!

[MrQuinum]

Wow, this is some good propaganda. Does this guy know he is a liar? Probably got paid to say that crap.

I bet they could have done a story about how propylene glycol(anti freeze) is good for you. And this chemical is in mostly every product you put on your skin. Tamiflu also has multiple poisons including propylene glycol. Wake up people! Peace.

[HitaroX]

come on guys, are you really gonna believe someone who uses a mac?! LOL

[xmbomagic]

...poor mice :(

[dongaagon]

@CantWeedThis good comment mate, ignorance is no good, i was on a course about asbestos today and that was an eye opener, silent killer, big goverments cover up...

[musicalidea]

@MrQuinum One thing that is not mentioned is the long established findings of caffeine's ill effects on cardiovascular health:it is a predicator of hypertension, etc. His study says nothing about INGESTED caffeine, merely potential effects of TOPICALLY APPLIED caffeine. The report mentions the word "caffeine" over & over again next to statements of "destroying skin cancer" & "promoting health" while the reporter intones the word slowly & with a pronounced rise in her voice.

[fandelord]

Cafe=AntiOxidante

[danmarino1970]

Dr. Max Gerson MD developed a method to cleanse the liver using organic coffee enemas.. I believe his daughter Charolette Gerson has a movie out called "food matters" be well.

[pkScary]

@danmarino1970 Good idea, but not in this particular case, because pure, isolated caffeine was almost definitely used - not a tincture or something else derived from coffee/green tea.

[adamcalvero]

" it looks to us " so your not certain and your talking shit.

[c4d3nce]

@CantWeedThis

Life is too short (whether you die at the age of 10 or 100) to live healthily. Honestly, ignorance is bliss. I'd rather have 30 years of a great life than 100 years of feeling down, scared, paranoid, careful, and tired all the time.

[mmedefarge]

@MrQuinum You are trying to compare two very different & disparate things. Caffeine occurs naturally in foods; propylene glycol does not. People have been drinking coffee, tea & cocoa for centuries with no reports of dire effects (anything taken to extreme can be harmful). Time is the true test of how harmful something is. A moderate amount of caffeine is very likely fine & may be beneficial. Propylene glycol has only been around since the 2nd half of the 20th century.