I thought it only fair to send this as my previous post mentioned alcohol (in small amounts) as a treat.
Tony
Alcohol researcher Jennie Connor says the link is a causal one and that no alcohol is considered safe and risk does go up as you drink.
Alcohol is a direct cause of seven forms of cancer. Tough words to swallow, but those are the conclusions of researchers from New Zealand, who say they found that no matter how much you drink, alcohol will increase your risk of cancer.
“There is strong evidence that alcohol causes cancer at seven sites in the body and probably others,” the authors write in the latest issue of the journal Addiction.
Those seven cancer sites are:
- liver
- colon
- rectum
- female breast
- larynx, (the throat organ commonly called the voice box)
- orolarynx (the middle part of the pharynx) behind the mouth
- esophagus (commonly the “food pipe”)
The researchers from the University of Otago reviewed previous studies and meta-analyses, analyzing all the major studies done over the…
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