captpackrat posted... https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/04-01-2023-no-level-of-alcohol-consumption-is-safe-for-our-health
We cannot talk about a so-called safe level of alcohol use. It doesnt matter how much you drink the risk to the drinkers health starts from the first drop of any alcoholic beverage.
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet
The evidence indicates that the more alcohol a person drinksparticularly the more alcohol a person drinks regularly over timethe higher his or her risk of developing an alcohol-associated cancer. Even those who have no more than one drink per day and binge drinkers (those who consume 4 or more drinks for women and 5 or more drinks for men in one sitting) have a modestly increased risk of some cancers.
https://blogs.cdc.gov/cancer/2018/04/02/3-weird-things-about-acetaldehyde/
When you drink alcohol, your body breaks it down into a chemical called acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde damages your DNA and prevents your body from repairing the damage. DNA is the cells instruction manual that controls a cells normal growth and function. When DNA is damaged, a cell can begin growing out of control and create a cancer tumor.
All types of alcoholic drinkseven red and white wine, craft beers, and cocktailsare linked with cancer. The more you drink, the higher your cancer risk. But its not just excessive drinkers at risk. For example, with each 10 grams of pure alcohol (less than one drink a day), a womans risk for breast cancer goes up 5% before menopause, and 9% after menopause.
All this is either true or a hit job from the goats milk industry.