Of Women and Wine
March 2, 2009 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under breast cancer, food and drink, health and wellness
Perhaps I selectively blocked out the new study published last week that a drink a day raises a women’s risk of cancer. Of course, I prefer to believe that a glass of wine a day ensures one’s sanity. But in talking with my doctor last week she mentioned the new study and confirmed that the unthinkable is indeed true. A collective sigh.
As reported in the Washington Post,
For years, many women have been buoyed by the news about one of life’s guilty pleasures: That nightly glass of wine may not only take the edge off a day but also improve their health. Now it turns out that sipping pinot noir might not be such a good idea after all.
A new study involving nearly 1.3 million middle-aged British women — the largest ever to examine alcohol and cancer in women — found that just one glass of chardonnay, a single beer or any other type of alcoholic drink per day increases the risk of a variety of cancers.
“That’s the take-home message,” said Naomi E. Allen of the University of Oxford, who led the study being published March 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “If you are regularly drinking even one drink per day, that’s increasing your risk for cancer.”
I immediately want to pick apart the study (as if I have some type of medical degree) to ask, “what about black American women drinking red wine instead of British women drinking chardonnay?” Of course, there is no getting around it.
What now to maintain one’s sanity?
blackgirlgrown
