The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism shares this graphic on how much alcohol a drink contains.
A new analysis of over 100 studies with nearly 5 million participants has found no significant health benefits to moderate alcohol consumption.
The research published recently in JAMA Network Open also
found that drinking a daily serving of alcohol of less than one ounce
for women and around 1.5 ounces for men increased the risk of death.
- Women who drink more than two ounces of alcohol daily face a 61% increased risk of death.
- Women are more susceptible to alcohol-related heart disease, brain damage, blackouts, and alcoholic hepatitis.
- Even casual drinkers face a greater risk of liver, throat, colon, head, neck, and breast cancer.
- Drinking alcohol is listed as a known human carcinogen by the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Abstaining
entirely from alcohol is best for a person's overall health, according
to Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a board-certified OB-GYN and ABC News chief
medical correspondent.
- The
American Cancer Society updated its guidelines in 2020 to recommend
cutting alcohol out of a person's diet for cancer reduction and
prevention.
