As I recently had a family member diagnosed with liver cancer, I was looking into what might be the causes. She didn’t drink heavily over her life, but maybe a bit more after retirement in her old age.
So I started going down a rabbithole of research to see what are the risks of drinking alcohol related to cancer. Everyone has heard that no amount of alcohol is safe. But I discovered something interesting that changed my perception that any amount of alcohol is very likely to give you cancer.
The jist is that the research that looks at non-drinkers vs light/moderate drinkers (1-2 drinks/day) show that women in the non drinker group had a 17% chance for these cancers - and thats not alcohol related. The 1drink per day was at 19%, which is really only a 2% increase. I would have expected from the headlines that the individual risk was much higher. Here is the article I read:
What are your thoughts? I know that alcohol is generally bad, but it doesn’t seem to be a massive driver of alcohol-related cancers as the headlines make it out to be.
I think all types of cancer are on the rise since the pandemic and the introduction of spike protein into our bodies. I haven’t paid as much attention to this topic as I should have but I know IMA health is very active in this area of the rise of cancer.
That said, anytime I hear of a neighbor getting recent case of cancer (which is happening a lot lately I’ve noticed) I first think of spike protein as my primary suspicion.
If I recall correctly in listening to Dr. Gundry about the blue zones, I think having a glass of wine is often a common practice in these long-lived individuals.
On the other hand, I read Dr. Perlmutter’s book Drop Acid which discusses all-cause mortality, sugars, alcohols, and purines. The bottom line, IIRC, with females a little wine can actually improve health. Beer was the worst offender (full of purines unless they were removed like they do in some Japanese beers).
So, it’s a tricky topic. Not all alcoholic drinks are created equal, and they can behave differently depending on the sex of the consumer.
But the bigger picture I think is your diet. If you are putting on weight and have a fatty liver, you’re well on the road to metabolic disease which can lead to cancer. If you have that going on and then sprinkle in some insults like spike protein, I don’t doubt you can wind up with cancer in short order. I’m not suggesting this is the case for your family member, rather the overall health of an individual I think, based on diet, is probably the biggest influence.
Hey @jrberger, that’s some good insight about the compounding factors, such as weight, fatty liver, etc. My mother had none of that, but I guess cancer can be a bit mysterious sometimes.
I’m not familiar with spike proteins; they seem related to viruses which we are starting to learn can be a cause for the genetic mutations that cause cancer. Theres also chemical exposures, PFAS and microplastics are a big concern to me.
You know, there’s some evidence and discussions from doctors about the surge of “aggressive and rare” cancers, like my mother has, due to COVID. I wonder…
