'A little too much drink' warning
Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.It warns regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples mouth cancer risk and doubles high blood pressure risk.
People "should not regularly exceed" the daily limit of three to four units for men and two to three for women.
And Sarah Lyness, of Cancer Research UK, said: "Alcohol can increase the risk of seven types of cancer, including two of the commonest kinds - breast and bowel cancers.
"And a recent study showed that nearly 12,500 cancers in the UK each year are caused by alcohol.
"The risk of cancer starts to go up even at quite low levels of drinking, but the more people cut back on alcohol, the more they can reduce the risk."
Originally posted at http://ukhudshanskiy.dreamwidth.org/1206720.html.
People "should not regularly exceed" the daily limit of three to four units for men and two to three for women.
And Sarah Lyness, of Cancer Research UK, said: "Alcohol can increase the risk of seven types of cancer, including two of the commonest kinds - breast and bowel cancers.
"And a recent study showed that nearly 12,500 cancers in the UK each year are caused by alcohol.
"The risk of cancer starts to go up even at quite low levels of drinking, but the more people cut back on alcohol, the more they can reduce the risk."
Originally posted at http://ukhudshanskiy.dreamwidth.org/1206720.html.