But it also causes traffic accidents, induces over-drinking and presents a modestly greater risk of breast cancer and other cancers. Balancing risks and benefits is a complicated issue. There is no health reason for younger people who do not face risk of heart disease to drink alcohol, but if middle-aged persons do face such a risk and are not disposed to alcoholism, perhaps one or two drinks a day would be beneficial for some. There seems to be evidence of a link between sugar consumption and diabetes. Sugar is not a poison, but limiting it is a good thing to do.
Honey is no better.
High consumption of animal fat and dairy products are risk factors, while there is no evidence implicating vegetable fats. Except for the differences in reproductive organs and sex hormones, important risk factors are generally similar. As a matter of fact I showed in my doctoral dissertation that smoking compromised women's health as much as it did men's. Some researchers were claiming at the time that smoking was less harmful for women. Some researchers suggest that vitamin E and fish oil supplements may be protective.