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Beer: drink at your own risk
Natural Health, April, 1999 by Katherine Gallia, Susanne Althoff, Melissa Nachatelo
DRINKING AS LITTLE AS ONE BEER or shot of whiskey a day can raise your risk of mouth, throat, and esophageal cancer, according to a recent study. The research, published in the British Medical Journal, found that people who consumed between seven and 21 beers or drinks containing hard liquor per week had three times the risk of developing cancers in their upper digestive tracts as nondrinkers.
The risk level, say researchers, increases with higher alcohol intake. More than 21 drinks a week, for example, increases the drinker's risk to 5.2 times that of a nondrinker. Drinking wine did not appear to increase the risk.
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