Drinking is good for you, and drinking heavily hurts your body. This is a rule passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.
But after arriving at the hospital, the doctors said this: You must quit smoking, even if you smoke one a day, you must quit drinking, even if you don’t drink a little glass a day.
Doctor, you are too exaggerating. You said I am willing to quit smoking and can’t even drink alcohol. So what’s the point of living? Whether you can still drink
wine, please take a look at the authoritative research conclusions.
In July 2021, a study published in "The Lancet Oncology" showed that even drinking small amounts of alcohol can increase the risk of cancer. Research shows that in 2020, 740,000 new cancers worldwide can be attributed to alcohol consumption, including esophageal cancer, liver cancer , colorectal cancer, oral cancer, pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer , etc.
Among them, more than 76% of men suffer from cancer due to alcohol consumption, and women drink alcohol is most closely related to breast cancer , esophageal cancer, and liver cancer. The study also found that Mongolia, China, Moldova and Romania were the countries with the highest scores of attribution among all new cases of alcohol-related cancers.
Speaking of this, many people will ask, since alcohol can cause cancer, what is the principle?
Alcohol can lead to the occurrence and development of cancer by changing various biological pathways such as DNA, protein and lipids. The alcohol metabolite acetaldehyde , oxidative stress , hormone regulation effects, etc., will increase the risk of cancer.
. There is a mechanism for alcohol cancer. Many people still have questions. They are just hooligans when talking about toxicity and dosage. Can it be impossible to drink a small amount of alcohol?
The Lancet study divided 740,000 participants into three levels: drinking less than 20g per day is moderate drinking, drinking 20-60g per day is risky, and drinking more than 60g per day is large amount of alcohol. The results found that among alcohol-related cancer cases, the proportion of risk drinking and heavy drinking was 86.1%, and the proportion of moderate drinking was 13.9%.
From the data here, we can easily find that the higher the amount of alcohol, the higher the risk of cancer. Even if you drink in moderation, there is also a risk of cancer. Therefore, if you want to stay away from cancer, it is best not to drink alcohol.
The last question is, why is China the highest risk of cancer caused by drinking alcohol?
Some people say that it is because China has a large population, but everyone ignores that India’s population is comparable to ours, but India does not cause cancer caused by drinking alcohol. The main reason is that Chinese people are born with a lack of enzymes to relieve alcohol. We call it acetaldehyde dehydrogenase , which causes more acetaldehyde to accumulate in the body after drinking alcohol. This type of people has a characteristic, that is, they blush when drinking.
