I’ve never been a big or regular drinker, but the New York Times article linked below gives me pause.
I enjoy a little wine from time to time, but now after dealing with estrogen positive breast cancer for the last 18 months I’ve decided to stop drinking wine altogether.
How Much Alcohol Does It Take to Raise Your Cancer Risk? SOURCE: The New York Times, Jan 3, 2025
According to WHO, “alcohol is one of the biggest risk factors for breast cancer:
“There is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The risk of breast cancer increases with each unit of alcohol consumed per day. More than 10% of alcohol-attributable cancer cases in the Region arise from drinking just 1 bottle of beer (500 ml) or 2 small glasses of wine (100 ml each) every day. For breast cancer, this is even higher: 1 in 4 alcohol-attributable breast cancer cases . . . is caused by this amount.”