But an Europe-wide study of 363'988 people found one in 10 of all cancers in men and one in 33 in women were caused by past or current alcohol intake, the British Medical Journal reports. When alcohol is broken down by the body it produces a chemical which can damage your DNA, the study says. Men who drank more than 250ml of wine or a pint of beer a day are at risk of alcohol-related cancers. Women can drink half the amount only. I guess the researchers never heard from a study that asserts that Catholic monks have the largest life expectancy - they are used to drink a lot more wine and don't die of cancer...

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