11-03-2011, 01:55
Kaya,
I didn't want answers from you as I pretty much suspected that you would say what you did: "it's what someone told me", possibly a sales rep on the phone! I did/do want you and me and everyone else, to be accountable for the veracity of statements and advice we give out, as if they are incontrovertible fact.
Sfem,
Great link on the effects of caffeine and breast growth. That is exactly the kind of info I have been looking for, but have not found until now. Kudos! I spent a bit of time going through some of the references for that study, and other studies have shown caffeine has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of mouse epithelial cells. What the hell does that mean?
Epithelial cells comprise the main part of glandular tissue. Proliferation refers to the cells actively dividing and increasing in number. If caffeine inhibits the cells from changing from a quiescent stage to actively dividing, that could mean less glandular tissue develops, and ultimately smaller breast buds and less growth in size. That's good science and a plausible theory in my book.
Ironically, all this time I have been pushing the caffeine is OK stance, I have been cutting back on my own consumption, even though I did experience growth while consuming fairly high amounts of coffee. So, while I may have the genetic makeup in which caffeine does not have an effect on breast volume, I have been cutting back for other reasons. Or, I might have had even more growth had I not been drinking so much coffee! We'll never know.
I didn't want answers from you as I pretty much suspected that you would say what you did: "it's what someone told me", possibly a sales rep on the phone! I did/do want you and me and everyone else, to be accountable for the veracity of statements and advice we give out, as if they are incontrovertible fact.
Sfem,
Great link on the effects of caffeine and breast growth. That is exactly the kind of info I have been looking for, but have not found until now. Kudos! I spent a bit of time going through some of the references for that study, and other studies have shown caffeine has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of mouse epithelial cells. What the hell does that mean?
Epithelial cells comprise the main part of glandular tissue. Proliferation refers to the cells actively dividing and increasing in number. If caffeine inhibits the cells from changing from a quiescent stage to actively dividing, that could mean less glandular tissue develops, and ultimately smaller breast buds and less growth in size. That's good science and a plausible theory in my book.
Ironically, all this time I have been pushing the caffeine is OK stance, I have been cutting back on my own consumption, even though I did experience growth while consuming fairly high amounts of coffee. So, while I may have the genetic makeup in which caffeine does not have an effect on breast volume, I have been cutting back for other reasons. Or, I might have had even more growth had I not been drinking so much coffee! We'll never know.