While many of us assume an occasional glass of red wine is good for us, new research suggests we need to rethink what we know about alcohol.
Even light drinking was associated with an increase in cancer deaths among older adults in Britain, researchers reported in. But the risk was accentuated primarily in those who had existing health problems or who lived in low-income areas.
The study defined light drinking as a mean alcohol intake of up to 20 grams a day for men and up to 10 grams daily for women. “We did not find evidence of a beneficial association between low drinking and mortality,” says Dr Rosario Ortolá, an assistant professor of preventive medicine and public health at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and lead author of the paper, which was published inOn the other hand, she adds, alcohol probably raises the risk of cancer “from the first drop”.
Last year, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction issued a new guidance stating that no amount or kind of alcohol is good for health and that “even a small amount of alcohol can be damaging to health”.People who consume one to two drinks a week “are likely to avoid alcohol-related consequences,” the centre said.
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