Wine and Breast Cancer

A study released in 1999 used data from the decades-long Framingham health study. 287 out of 5,000 women developed breast cancer - and the researchers found that having one or two glasses of wine a day had no impact at all on those rates.

Wine has both antioxidants and resveratrol, these compounds help to supress and to fight cancer. Also, wine helps reduce stress, which has also been shown to play a role in cancer.

Other research has shown that *heavy* drinking (more than 2 glasses a day) does increase the risks of breast cancer, but since pretty much nobody in the Framingham study fell into that category, no information was provided about the heavier drinking rates.

A massive research effort in 2002 worked with the results of about 60,000 women with breast cancer and about 100,000 women who did not have breast cancer. It also found that women who drank heavily had higher risks for breast cancer. The study authors explained that women who had one or two drinks a day were providing many health benefits - that they recommended moderate drinking as a healthy way of life.

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Wine and Cancer
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