I didn't know this. I'm honestly shocked. Is there any information about what different levels of alcohol consumption do to cancer risk?
Yes it's a well studied area in cancer research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=alcohol+cancer
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#23I think people are already well aware that drinking alcohol is unhealthy, and I don’t think that anyone, who consumes it despite that, will stop after learning it is a “carcinogen”.
Isn't it widely claimed that red wine can have some health benefits.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease...
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#24The alcohol industries have done an amazing job with their propaganda. Many people genuinely believe that a glass of wine every day is actually healthy for you.
The alcohol industry you’re thinking of is more of beer and spirits. There are ton of studies showing benefits from wine, it’s not quite the same.
No, the more recent articles do show that the optimal amount of wine is zero. The one glass per day common wisdom was marketing.
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#25What percentage of Americans even know what a carcinogen is?
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#26Wait, what? Alcohol is a carcinogen? I didn't know this.
Here's link to the CDC's website, referenced in that article:
https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/moderate-drinking.ht...
This part from the CDC's website is also interesting:
Although past studies have indicated that moderate alcohol consumption has protective health benefits (e.g., reducing risk of heart disease), recent studies show this may not be true.
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#27I've personally found, when people ask why I'm not drinking, that "Well, did you realize Alcohol is right above Arsenic on the carcinogen list?" is by far – compared to "Oh, I just don't drink" or the other reasons I've given in the past – the fastest way to move onto other topics.
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#28It's amazing that alcohol gets such a free pass. Weed, cigarettes, heck even vaping somehow have a worse rap than alcohol in many people's eyes.
Thankfully, I'm a very light drinker only occasionally indulging and then in small quantities.
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#29What percentage of Americans even know that alcohol is a drug? As a Wisconsin native, I've seen first hand the toxic culture surrounding drinking in America, including having a relative die of alcoholism. Still, we don't seem to look at it like other drugs, even though it ruins lives just as effectively as something like heroin.
Narcotics Anonymous was founded largely due to Alcoholics Anonymous treating alcohol as different from other drugs. That cultural delineation exists to this day. I'd ask... what percentage of patients and workers in addiction recovery agree with the assertion that alcohol is a drug?
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#30It's all about the dose. Drink too much water and you will die. Most people will under report the amount of alcohol they drink. With 50ml per day, alcohol has a great hormetic effect. Wine, for example, is not just alcohol. Just like natural beer - it's full of nutrients.