Two Glasses of Wine Daily and Risk of Colon Cancer

According to a study by Cancer Research UK, drinking two large glasses of wine a day increases the risk of getting bowel cancer by a quarter while even one large glass can increase the risk by 10 percent.

The warnings will come as a huge worry to millions of middle class Britons who enjoy a glass or two of wine each night believing that they are not harming their health.

Many even think they are doing themselves good after doctors extolled the benefits of a glass of red wine at night, claiming that it could protect them against heart disease.

But the research has shown that even drinking within the Government’s health guidelines of two units a day for women – one large glass of wine, or a pint of normal strength beer – or three units for men could prove to be dangerous.

Bowel (or colon or colorectal) cancer is the third most common cancer (after lung and breast cancers).

Gee, then drinking or not drinking wine daily will just be a choice of the lesser evil between heart disease and colon cancer.

This finding must really hurt all the wine-lovers out there. What should we do then? Take a sip of two after each dinner, or only have wine on weekends or say Friday nights only?

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