Booze leading to cancer
My relation to booze has been on a downside lately. I'm reducing my consumption dramatically because of a few reasons. The most important one is that the alcohol that I like is a tad expensive. I don't drink beer because of wheat. Wine is acting weird in my stomach. I'm staying away as much as possible from all wheat/grass after reading the book called Wheat Belly. The second is that its a pastime that I don't want to have when a bit older. Third, I'm trying to be more healthy and active. Being more healthy means different things to different people but for me, I think that means being receptive to cancer and what it entails. It also fucks with my sleep pattern. In the article in the Well New York Times, it mentions that alcohol is/could be a cause of cancer.
The risk for heavy drinkers — defined as eight or more drinks a week for women and 15 or more a week for men, including binge drinkers — are multiples higher. Heavy drinkers face roughly five times the risk of mouth and throat cancers and squamous cell esophageal cancers than nondrinkers, nearly three times the risk of cancers of the voice box or larynx, double the risk of liver cancer, as well as increased risks for female breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
From this notation I drink at least one drink a night which is by definition a heavy drinker. I dont differentiate between women and men. Why is a 150lb woman different then a 200lb men? I dont really believe there is. Smoking is bad for you no matter what.
One way alcohol may lead to cancer is because the body metabolizes it into acetaldehyde, which causes changes and mutations in DNA, Dr. Gapstur said. The formation of acetaldehyde starts when alcohol comes in contact with bacteria in the mouth, which may explain the link between alcohol and cancers of the throat, voice box and esophagus, she suggested.
Same logic then the Wheat Belly argument which is that pesticide or chemicals gets intertwined in food and this affect the integrity of the food itself. This cause havoc when it's digested. I believe that any kind of chemicals that is used to prevent or alter food is not for humans and to the same extent animals.
On the flip side, are all alcohol created equally? What's the difference between tequila made from a small farmers that dont have money to even think about chemicals or vodka made from potatoes?