Drinking alcohol is socially acceptable in our society. A glass of wine at dinner or a couple of beers on the weekend seems harmless enough. But is that true? Is moderation with something that your body doesn’t need acceptable?
The short answer is – no. Drinking even one alcoholic drink per day is linked with a 5% increase in the risk of breast cancer, a 17% increase in the risk of oropharyngeal cancer (the middle part of the throat) and a 30% increase in the risk of esophageal cancer compared with not drinking, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The link between alcohol consumption and cancer has been firmly established, and that is only one of the health issues it can cause.
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