Are They Ever Going To Make Up Their Minds???

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Late last night I was watching the news, and a "new" health report stated that there are now findings that women who drink any kind of alcoholic beverages are at a higher risk for certain cancers, especially breast cancer. Now it seems not that long ago, that "they" (whoever THEY are) were saying the opposite, that in general having perhaps a glass of wine (particularly red) was beneficial to both men and women for lowering cholesterol levels and particularly beneficial for woman to reduce heart attacks. So like duh? I'm a bit confused here In fact, with this so-called new report, women shouldn't drink AT ALL PERIOD. Here are excerpts from an article I found http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/feb/24/even-moderate-drinking-affects-womens-cancer-risk [b](Warning: NOT a referral link but a link to the article) [/b] [i]Drinking just a glass of wine a day increases women's risk of breast cancer, as well as several other types of the disease, a new study concludes. The research, carried out among more than a million UK women, says that alcohol accounts for 5,000 cases of breast cancer every year. Compared to women who said they drank only 1 or 2 units of alcohol a week, women who regularly drank the equivalent of 1 unit a day had an increased risk of getting seven types of cancer: breast, liver, rectum (part of the bowel), mouth, pharynx (a space at the back of the mouth), oesophagus (the tube that takes food from the mouth to the stomach) and larynx (voicebox). The risk was most increased for breast cancer. In developed countries like the UK, the chance of having had breast cancer by the age of 75 is 9.5 in 100. According to the study, for every extra daily unit of alcohol (over 2 a week), that risk increases by 1.1 per 100. So if you had a roughly 9.5 percent chance of getting breast cancer by the age of 75, but you drank one glass of wine a day, that risk would go up to 10.6 percent. If you drank two glasses of wine a day, that would increase to 11.7 percent.[/i] You know all I can say if my great-grandmother was still alive she would say hog-wash despite the studies....she was one to recommend drinking a shot of Port wine per day for the "blood" and she was known to do a LOT of shots of whiskey to boot and lived the ripe age of 98. Anyway I'm not a big drinker, I don't care for beer or hard booze, but do confess I love having a glass or two of dry red wine (like a Cabernet Sauvignon) a little before bedtime while watching some TV as it helps me sleep, and yes I have my shot of Port Wine each night as well. So ladies...with this new "dire" report, and if you're a drinker of any kind of alcohol, are ya gonna give it up now? Like the news report I heard last night, it says women shouldn't drink at all. All I know I sure ain't gonna give it up (hiccup--LOL)