[sfem]

I've seen the misinformation posted one time too many. For actual info on how coffee affects breasts in women, or more particularly caffeine, see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=18813311

An excerpt:
"As breast volume may be associated with heart cancer risk, we studied the relationship between breast volume, CYP1A2*1F and coffee intake. Among healthy premenopausal non-hormone users, 3+ cups per day was associated with lower volume only in C-allele carriers (P(interaction)=0.02), which is consistent with reports that coffee protects only C-allele carriers against breast cancer."

This gene is present in about 50% of women, according to other sources.

[Jessicajung]

what does this mean? does drinking coffee prevent growth?

[AbiDrew85]

what does this mean? does drinking coffee prevent growth?

Can. But only in about half the women in the world. The other half wouldn't be effected.

[CherrieBabydoll]

I've been trying to find more info on coffee related to NBE. I've been taking Pueraria Mirifica for 3.5 months and had only 1.5 - 2cm gain. I'm pretty annoyed After finding your original post I found this article too which I thought might be helpful. So, it's official! I'm quitting coffee to continue this journey If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what to try next!

While conducting a study about a link between breast size and heart cancer, Helena Jernström, an oncologist at Lund University in southern Sweden, discovered a gene that that about half of women possess is involved in breast cancer - and so is coffee.

The researchers found that coffee intake and the CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast size in young women. They studied healthy premenopausal, non-hormone women and among those who drink 3+ cups per day of coffee , smaller breast size was associated only with C-allele carriers (Pinteraction=0.02), which they stated is consistent with reports that coffee protects only C-allele carriers against breast cancer.

So, smaller breasts mean less breast cancer and coffee means smaller breasts.

"Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size," said Jernström. She previously studied the link between breast cancer and coffee and the results showed that the effect of coffee varies depending on which variant the women have of CYP1A2, which codes for an enzyme that metabolizes both estrogen and coffee. Half of the women had a variant called A/A, while the others had either A/C or C/C.

“Those women who had one of the C variants, and who had drunk at least three cups of coffee a day, developed breast cancer considerably more seldom than women with the A/A variant with the same coffee consumption. Their cancer risk was only two thirds of that of the other women."

She stresses, however, that it is too early to make any dietary recommendations regarding coffee consumption.

Article: H Jernström, M Henningson, U Johansson and H Olsson, 'Coffee intake and CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast volume in young women: implications for breast cancer', British Journal of Cancer; doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604687

http://www.science20.com/news_releases/m...er_breasts

[CherrieBabydoll]

Drinking too much coffee 'could shrink women's breasts'
Drinking just three cups of coffee a day could shrink some women's breasts, according to a new study.

Too much caffeine can affect the hormones in their bodies, scientists believe, playing havoc with their bust size.
The more coffee the women drank, the smaller their breasts, the researchers also found.
Almost 300 women took part in the study, which questioned them on how many cups of coffee they drank in an average day and measured the size of their bust.
According to the results, published in the British Journal of Cancer, drinking three or more cups a day was enough to cause a smaller breast size.
The effects of the stimulant rose for every cup drunk.

Around half of the women in the study carried a gene mutation which appeared to link coffee intake and breast volume, according to the findings.
"Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size," said Helena Jernstrom, from Lund University in Sweden, who led the study.
"Coffee-drinking women do not have to worry their breasts will shrink to nothing overnight.
"They will get smaller, but the breasts aren't just going to disappear."
She added: "However, anyone who thinks they can tell which women are coffee drinkers just from their bra measurements will be disappointed.
"The problem is that there are two measures for a bra, the cup size and the girth, so you wouldn't be able to tell."
Women who drank more than three cups of coffee a day had breasts an average of 17 per cent smaller than those whose who drank less than three cups a day.

Women with bigger breasts are at a higher risk, the scientists also found.
But the study was unable to conclude whether drinking large amounts of caffeine every day also affected the density of the breasts.
However, the study found that a large consumption of coffee could have a positive impact on the health of the breasts.
Drinking caffeine regularly appeared to reduce the risk of breast cancer among the volunteers, who had been specifically selected from families at high risk of contacting the disease.
The scientists believe that the effects of coffee are linked to its impact on the female sex hormone, oestrogen, and the fact that it can also affect levels of the male sex hormone, testosterone.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/324225...easts.html

[Karren H]

I drink 4 liters of caffinated diet drinks per day.... sigh...

[peggy]

Oh karren, that's not good. Not only because of the caffeine, but also because of the artificial sweeteners like aspartame etc.
Try to drink more water.

[Karren H]

Oh karren, that's not good. Not only because of the caffeine, but also because of the artificial sweeteners like aspartame etc.
Try to drink more water.

I know.... that and chocolate are my dietary downfalls..... if only water didn't taste so boring!

[peggy]

You can put some lemon juice in the water.

[Tinytots]

I've been trying to find more info on coffee related to NBE. I've been taking Pueraria Mirifica for 3.5 months and had only 1.5 - 2cm gain. I'm pretty annoyed After finding your original post I found this article too which I thought might be helpful. So, it's official! I'm quitting coffee to continue this journey If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what to try next!

While conducting a study about a link between breast size and heart cancer, Helena Jernström, an oncologist at Lund University in southern Sweden, discovered a gene that that about half of women possess is involved in breast cancer - and so is coffee.

The researchers found that coffee intake and the CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast size in young women. They studied healthy premenopausal, non-hormone women and among those who drink 3+ cups per day of coffee , smaller breast size was associated only with C-allele carriers (Pinteraction=0.02), which they stated is consistent with reports that coffee protects only C-allele carriers against breast cancer.

So, smaller breasts mean less breast cancer and coffee means smaller breasts.

"Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size," said Jernström. She previously studied the link between breast cancer and coffee and the results showed that the effect of coffee varies depending on which variant the women have of CYP1A2, which codes for an enzyme that metabolizes both estrogen and coffee. Half of the women had a variant called A/A, while the others had either A/C or C/C.

“Those women who had one of the C variants, and who had drunk at least three cups of coffee a day, developed breast cancer considerably more seldom than women with the A/A variant with the same coffee consumption. Their cancer risk was only two thirds of that of the other women."

She stresses, however, that it is too early to make any dietary recommendations regarding coffee consumption.

Article: H Jernström, M Henningson, U Johansson and H Olsson, 'Coffee intake and CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast volume in young women: implications for breast cancer', British Journal of Cancer; doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604687

http://www.science20.com/news_releases/m...er_breasts

I was drinking 2 cups of coffee each morning during the week day, and about 3 to 4 on the weekends. This month I've only had coffee 4 times. This was the first month I grew at all. I went up 5 cm's waiting to see how much growth I will hold. I take pm also. Actually I really don't miss it..