DECRYPTION – Korean researchers have looked at the data of more than 4.5 million subscribers to Korean health insurance.
No offense to lovers of wine, beer and other distilled nectars, it is now well established that regular alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer (ENT, esophagus, colorectal, liver and breast, essentially). No less than 8% of cancers in France, or 28,000 per year, are attributed to it. But do we know to what extent reducing our habits can be beneficial? It is to answer this relatively understudied question that Korean researchers looked at data from more than 4.5 million people registered with Korean health insurance.
Three times, in 2009, 2011 and 2013, the latter filled out a questionnaire in which they indicated whether their alcohol consumption was low (less than 15 g of pure alcohol per day, or approximately one and a half drinks), moderate ( 15 to 30 g) or high (more than 30 g). The researchers compared these results to the 80,000 alcohol-attributable cancers recorded during this period. This has shown that individuals drinking…
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