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Many people like to drink coffee to fight drowsiness while must stay up or wake up early. But women should limit consumption of coffee, because coffee is not suitable for a woman's breasts. Why?

A study by Swedish scientists in 2008 found that drinking three cups of coffee a day may reduce breast size women.

"Drinking coffee can have a major effect on breast size," said Helena Jernstroem, a lecturer in experimental oncology at Lund University in Sweden, as reported by news.com.au, Friday (02/18/2011).

According to him, a clear link between drinking coffee and breast size is because about half of the female population has a certain gene that makes fat tissue to shrink from too much coffee.

"But do not worry, the coffee does not make breasts shrink breasts last night will only get smaller. But breast will not be lost," continued Jernstroem.

Not only can reduce the breast, caffeine in coffee in large quantities can cause hormone levels fluctuate, causing pain and cysts in the breast.

Here are some other ill effects on the breast because of caffeine, as reported by the LIVESTRONG:

1. Lump in the breast.
Caffeine can cause fibrocystic breast, which contains cells that collect fluid in the cysts that often make a lump or lumps in the breast. Characters in the form of lumps that move freely round the breast. These lumps are often tender to the touch.

These lumps can be either permanent or temporary. Symptoms are worse before menstruation and early pregnancy. fibrocystic breast because caffeine intake usually does not increase breast cancer risk.

2. Pain in the breast.
Besides causing lumps, caffeine also causes discomfort and pain in the breast. Caffeine intake may aggravate the pain if you already suffer from fibrocystic breast before. According to the Georgetown University Department of Medicine, this pain can occur continuously or only intermittently.

3. Dense breasts.
Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center showed that a high intake of caffeine that causes fibrocystic breast changes can also cause certain areas in dense breasts.

To avoid lumps in the breast occur, should reduce and stop the habit mengonsumi coffee. In addition, high-fiber diet, eating seafood as well as intake of vitamin A, vitamin E and iodine can also prevent the occurrence of breast cysts.