A new study funded by the National Cancer Institute found that the combination of caffeine and exercise might help the body heal itself from sun damage.
According to the report, drinking the caffeine equivalent of one to two cups of coffee each day, along with moderate exercise, can cause the body to destroy cells with damaged DNA.
"The body has its own mechanism, called apoptosis, to help destroy precancerous cells," said Dr. Elizabeth Tanzi of the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery. "It turns out the combination of caffeine and exercise increases apoptosis, therefore it can protect against skin cancer."
So you might want to get a cup of joe before your morning commute. Of course, this doesn't mean you should stop using sunblock.
Yes!!! There is hope for me. All those childhood sunburns (some of which blistered my pasty white flesh--especially that trip to Florida in March) may not have doomed me after all.
Posted by: Grendel | September 25, 2007 at 08:46 AM
Awesome! I couldn't have funded a better study myself. Now where's the medical research that proves beer and cycling prevents balding?
Posted by: Dave | September 25, 2007 at 09:40 AM
Hi there,
If anyone is addicted to drinking lots of good coffee, eating as much sweets as possible and cycling over passes, than she or he should go to the weblink
http://www.velotraum.ch/img/galleries/sweet_sweet_passes/index.htm
and contact me for more information about this addiction experiences.
Keep drinking, eating and cycling
Horst (german) from Switzerland
Posted by: Horst | September 27, 2007 at 10:08 AM