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“ also heat up and burn tissue, which can definitely cause cancer” Where do you get that “fact” from? I have never seen any reputable source say that heat, eve
by Tagbert 5y ago
“ also heat up and burn tissue, which can definitely cause cancer”
Where do you get that “fact” from? I have never seen any reputable source say that heat, even to the point of tissue damage, has any affect on cancer.
- berberous 5y agoI’m too lazy to Google if this is true, but I recall studies linking drinking hot beverages (tea, coffee) to esophageal cancer, presumably from heat damage.
- cutthegrass2 5y ago"Yerba Mate Straw Cancer" are the terms you need. Seems to be quite a bit of noise about it from various places. No idea whether there is any truth to it though.
- adamredwoods 5y agoContinued inflammation over time has some connections to cancer, but it must happen over a long period of time in order to initiate a cell mutation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6704802/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6704802/ No increase of cancer from burn victims: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18176744/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18176744/
- Knufen 5y agoThe chain goes Heat -> Inflammation -> Cancer. It is well known that inflammation causes cancer. It is one of the biggest and often underlooked causes of cancer in obese individuals. See https://www.google.com/search?q=obesity%20inflammation%20causes%20cancer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-m https://www.google.com/search?q=obesity%20inflammation%20cau...