Friday, October 12, 2012

Cancer Risk in Light Drinking

Cancer Risk in Light Drinking


In Ayurveda it is mentioned that one should not take fermented things in the night and also should take the in limit in the day time. Alcohol is also a fermented drink and in excess is bad for the health.
A large American cohort study now has shown that a substantial portion of the apparent increased risk for cancer among light to moderate drinkers is related to people lying about their drinking habits, according to study author Arthur Klatsky, MD, from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, California, who presented the results at the 2012 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress.
Heavy alcohol consumption is related to an increased risk for several types of cancer as reported by Medscape.
A recent meta-analysis of 113 studies, led by Helmut K. Seitz, PhD, from the Centre of Alcohol Research at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, concluded that women should not drink more than 1 alcoholic beverage a day. “A significant increase in the order of 4% in the risk of breast cancer is already present at intakes of up to 1 alcoholic drink per day,”
Results from the Million Women Study conducted in the United Kingdom found that each alcoholic drink consumed significantly increased the risk for cancer. Among women living in industrialized nations, those researchers estimated a background incidence of 118 cancers diagnosed per 1000 women up to the age of 75 years. Consuming 1 drink per day increased this risk to an extra 15 cancers per 1000 women, and 2 drinks a day increased it to an extra 30 cancers per 1000 women.
Alcohol consumption appears to be strongly and dose-dependently linked to colorectal cancer risk. Another meta-analysis found moderate alcohol consumption to be associated with a 21% increase in colorectal cancer, and heavy drinking (at least 4 drinks/day) to be associated with a 52% increased risk.

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