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posted by janrinok on Thursday March 26 2015, @06:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the first-they-came-for-your-smokes dept.

Source The Guardian

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has pinpointed the level of drinking implicated in liver cancer after undertaking what it says was the biggest review so far of the evidence on the relationship between diet, weight, physical activity and the disease.

Its assessment of 34 previous studies covering 8.2 million people, more than 24,500 of whom had liver cancer, revealed “strong evidence” linking intake of three drinks a day to the disease.

“Around three or more drinks per day can be enough to cause liver cancer,” said Amanda Mclean, director of the charity’s UK branch. “Until now we were uncertain about the amount of alcohol likely to lead to liver cancer. But the research reviewed in this report is strong enough, for the first time, to be more specific about this.”

The WCRF’s findings prompted the Alcohol Health Alliance, a coalition of health organisations, to claim that alcohol is so toxic that cans and bottles should carry health warnings.

“Alcohol, like tobacco and asbestos, is a class 1 carcinogen and it is totally unacceptable that the public is not provided with such basic information”, said Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, the alliance’s chair.

On the flip side...

The WCRF’s analysis also found strong evidence that coffee could help protect against liver cancer, though it did not specify the amounts someone needs to drink.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by CarlU on Thursday March 26 2015, @12:54PM

    by CarlU (5076) on Thursday March 26 2015, @12:54PM (#162699)

    My hope is that since people tend to under-report their alcohol consumption to health professionals this type of study may be underestimating the threshold for significant risk. (crosses fingers).

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  • (Score: 1) by wisnoskij on Thursday March 26 2015, @02:44PM

    by wisnoskij (5149) <{jonathonwisnoski} {at} {gmail.com}> on Thursday March 26 2015, @02:44PM (#162741)

    It does seem a little low. You are pretty far from a drunk if you have a beer with lunch, a glass of wine with diner, and a brandy in the afternoon. Millions of people have drunken a hell of a lot more than that. But then it will all add up with whatever else you do to your liver.