The latest pronouncement concerns wine and health. For years now, we've been told that some consumption of red wines will impart good health via the chemical resveratrol they contain. Now, a study just released by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund says a daily glass or more of wine, or any other alcoholic beverage increases the chances of contracting breast cancer.
It's a fairly thorough study that reviewed and analyzed 119 studies that used data from 12 million women worldwide. It found that 10 grams of alcohol per day, the equivalent of one small glass of wine, beer or other alcohol, is linked to a heightened breast cancer risk of 5% for pre-menopausal and 9% for post-menopausal women.
Anne McTiernan, a cancer-prevention
researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and one
of the report’s lead authors, said, "This
suggests there is no level of alcohol use that is completely safe in
terms of breast cancer. If a woman is drinking, it would be
better if she kept it to a lower amount.”
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