The US Surgeon General has issued an advisory highlighting the significant cancer risks linked to alcohol consumption. While less than half of Americans are aware of these dangers, the advisory emphasizes that even moderate drinking can increase the risk of various cancers. The advisory details the seven most prevalent cancers associated with alcohol, including mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, breast, and colon and rectum cancers. It also underscores that research consistently shows a strong correlation between alcohol intake and heightened cancer risk, regardless of the type of alcohol consumed.
According to the advisory, less than half of Americans know of the cancer risks posed by drinking alcoholadding a label to bottles of alcoholic beverages warning of the cancer risks associated with drinking them, but how big is the risk and which cancers are most linked to drinking?Moderate drinkingThe seven cancers most linked to drinking include: mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus, liver, breast, and colon and rectum, according to the National Cancer Institute.
“As you consider whether or how much to drink, keep in mind that less is better when it comes to cancer risk,” Murthy wrote Friday on the social media platform X. Carcinogens like those from tobacco smoke can dissolve in alcohol, allowing them to be better absorbed in the body. This can increase the risk for mouth and throat cancers.That idea that moderate drinking has health benefits came from imperfect studies comparing groups of people by how much they drink. Usually, that was measured at one point in time. And none of the studies randomly assigned people to drink or not drink, so they couldn’t prove cause and effect.
Other studies challenge the idea that alcohol has benefits. These studies compare people with a gene variant that makes it unpleasant to drink to people without the gene variant. People with the variant tend to drink very little or not at all. found people with the gene variant have a lower risk of heart disease — another blow to the idea that alcohol protects people from heart problems.
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