Switch To Bourbon To Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer

The bad news: “Heavy beer drinkers who carry a gene mutation involved in the metabolism of alcohol may face a higher risk than others of developing stomach cancer, new European research suggests. Having a certain genetic variant and drinking roughly three 12-ounce cans or more of beer a day appears to markedly increase the risk of ‘non-cardia gastric cancer,’ a study found.” Also: “The team linked a 75 percent bump in gastric cancer risk to consumption of 30 grams or more of pure ethanol/alcohol a day in the form of beer. A standard 12-ounce can of beer contains 13 grams of pure ethanol/alcohol, they noted.” There is some good news, though: “Wine and hard liquor did not appear to increase cancer risk.”