Caffeine Myth #7 - Caffeine is linked to fibrocystic breast disease - True or False?

Myth #7: Caffeine is linked to fibrocystic breast disease. False :  
Caffeine intake isn't related to the benign condition of lumpy breasts, reports the American Medical Association.

"There's no evidence to support the idea that caffeine causes fibrocystic changes," says Katherine B. Lee, M.D., a staff physician in Cleveland Clinic's Breast Center.

"It seems to contribute to breast pain, but doesn't cause breast cancer," Lee says.

That's because breast pain is hormonal and caffeine causes...
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Published on August 01, 2010 05:48
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