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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.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday March 27 2015, @10:21AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Friday March 27 2015, @03:51PM
Try vaping, its pleasurable as hell, cheap, and reading as many articles as I can it might even...gasp!...be good for you as it helps keep crap from building in your lungs as its the same stuff used in asthma inhalers. Right now I'm vaping RY4, a delicious mix of tobacco, vanilla, and caramel, and lately I've been trying to use those funky fruity flavors the missus gives me instead of having desserts and so far has lost nearly 10 pounds.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.