Can Alcohol Cause Cancer?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2018-03-28

If even light drinking can cause cancer, why don’t doctors warn their patients about it?

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Yeah, but cancer is only killer #2. Killer #1 is heart disease, and so what about the French paradox? Doesn't moderate drinking protect against cardiovascular disease? So isn’t it beneficial overall? That’s the exactly the question I set out to address in this four-part video series. Stay tuned for:

• The Best Source of Resveratrol (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Best-Source-of-Resveratrol)
• Is It Better to Drink Little Alcohol Than None at All? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-It-Better-to-Drink-Little-Alcohol-Than-None-at-All)
• Do Any benefits of Alcohol Outweigh the Risks? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Do-Any-benefits-of-Alcohol-Outweigh-the-Risks)

I explored this topic previously in my videos Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much is Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-alcohol-what-much-is-safe/) and Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-risk-red-wine-vs-white-wine/).

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