Cancer
UK women: What? Alcohol raises breast cancer risk?
By Ben Wasserman
Oct 18, 2008 - 1:45:35 PM

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Saturday October 18, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- A survey reported by BBC says that most women in the United Kingdom do not know the fact that drinking too much alcohol can raise risk of developing breast cancer.

The YouGov survey of nearly 2000 women and men finds 82 percent of women do not know the association between drinking and breast cancer although 95 percent know the risk for the liver disease and 71 percent know the risk of liver cancer.

The UK recommends women drink no more than one drink a day and Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo was quoted as saying ""One large glass of 12% wine takes a woman to her recommended daily limit in just one drink."

According to BBC News, women who drink two glasses of wine a night boosts the risk of breast cancer by a third whereas drinking three big glasses would increase the risk by 50 percent.

Alcoholic beverages have been recognized as a human cancer causing agent by the National Toxicology Program, an agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

It has been known that drinking alcohol raises risk of a number of cancers including breast cancer which is diagnosed in 185,000 women and kills 45,000 each year in the US.

U.S. physicians suggest that if you do not drink, do not start drinking and if you drink, drink in moderation.

A health observer who did not want to be named said that not everyone can tolerate alcohol because some people lack the enzyme that is needed to digest alcohol.

He suggests that the possible benefits for the heart may also come from vinegar. He said it has been observed that drinking a teaspoon of vinegar first thing in the morning would be beneficial to the heart health.