Drinking three or more drinks that contain alcohol daily increases the risk of stomach and pancreatic cancers
Who doesn’t want to be fit and to achieve the peak of health? Most people try to eat and drink healthily. However, according to an oncologist, an often-overlooked risk factor in the battle against cancer is related to one of your daily beverages. According to Dr. Nicole, there is a particular drink you should be wary of, and it’s not your morning cup of coffee.
"As a cancer dietitian, I want to tell you that it is 100 per cent okay to enjoy coffee. A lot of people are going to tell you that coffee is increasing cancer risk, and I'm telling you that it absolutely is not,” Dr. Nicole told her followers on the social media site TikTok.
So, what is it that Dr. Nicole wants you to be away from?
According to her, alcohol poses a big risk for cancer at all ages. While processed meats and alcohol have been confirmed to hike the risk of cancer, coffee is not believed to. Indeed, moderate caffeine intake, such as that obtained from coffee, has not been associated with increased cancer risk.
Studies say that drinking three or more drinks that contain alcohol daily increases the risk of stomach and pancreatic cancers. Those who regularly drink alcohol may also increase prostate cancer risk. All kinds of drinks that contain alcohol increase the risk of cancer.
How does drinking alcohol increase your risk of cancer?
Various research shows that alcohol may increase cancer risk in several ways.
Alcohol disrupts cell cycles, increases chronic inflammation, and damages your DNA—the cell's instruction manual that controls how a cell grows and does its job. If your DNA gets damaged, a cell can grow out of control and become cancerous.
Alcohol increases levels of hormones, including estrogen, which plays a significant role in breast cancer development.
Alcohol makes it easier for the cells in our mouth to absorb cancer-causing chemicals known as carcinogens. For example, when you use both alcohol and tobacco, the alcohol increases the absorption of carcinogens from the tobacco.
Which cancers are caused by alcohol consumption?
Alcohol consumption is associated with seven distinct types of cancer, including:
- Breast cancer
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Bowel or colon cancer
- Mouth cancer
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Throat and esophagus cancer
- Liver cancer
- However, according to experts, while drinking does not guarantee a cancer diagnosis, it is advisable to enjoy alcohol sparingly
How much alcohol should you consume under safe limits?
According to the World Health Organisation, for cancer prevention, it is best not to drink any amounts of alcohol. However, for those who occasionally drink, women should have no more than one drink a day, and men no more than two drinks a day.
It may be tempting to think that whatever fits in a glass counts as one drink. However, a standard drink looks different depending on what type of alcohol you are drinking. Each of the following counts as one drink:
- 12 fluid ounces of beer
- 5 fluid ounces of wine
- 1.5 fluid ounces of 80-proof liquor
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