A report from the prestigious CDC in the US Alcohol and Cancer Risk Fact Sheet - NCI says:
“Based on data from 2009, an estimated 3.5% of cancer deaths in the United States (about 19,500 deaths) were alcohol related”. It also says “In fact, a recent study that included data from more than 1,000 alcohol studies and data sources, as well as death and disability records from 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2016, concluded that the optimal number of drinks to consume per day to minimize the overall risk to health is zero”.
However, the shibboleth continues to be propagated that it is safe to have “two drinks for a man, and one for a woman, per day”.
What is the increase in cancer risk for a person taking one drink every day? Believe me, it is considerable, but I will not offer a number here.
WebMD lists six types of cancer and reports the American Cancer Society’s estimates for the number of deaths due to these six types in 2022 as 341,390.
Most repetitions of the dangerous statement have a pious preamble, and read roughly as follows:
"Don't begin if you do not take alcoholic drinks, but if you choose to drink, limit yourself to two drinks a day if you are a male and one if you are female".
(This is an extract from my article
https://obvioustruths.blogspot.com/2022/10/can-you-add-years-to-your-life.html )
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