Dash For Power

• New study shows how you may lower your risk of kidney cancer with strong beer and red wine.

• Reuters reports on a recent study in the British Journal of Cancer , Dr. Alicja Wolk from the Karalinska Institute, Stockholm, and colleges investigated the association of different types of alcoholic beverages, and of total alcohol consumption with the risk of kidney cancer. This study was in a large population-based study in Sweden, involving 855 subjects with kidney cancer and 1,204 “controls” without cancer. They reported their alcohol consumption in terms of standard portion size- a glass of beer being 200 milliliters, a glass of wine being 100 ml, and a glass of strong wine or hard alcohol equal to 40 ml.
• The investigators rated the alcohol content of different beverages: medium-strong beer had 2.8 grams alcohol per 100 g, red wine had 9.9 g per 100 g, and hard liquor 32 g alcohol per 100 g.
• Our note in this study is that again, in one more study, from another aspect of science, researchers have found that the darkest fruits and vegetables are that way because they have the greatest amount of nutrients from the earth.
• The team found that the odds of developing kidney cell cancer was about 40 percent lower among those who consumed 620 g dark un-distilled ethanol per month, compared with those who did not drink at all. But this 40 percent lowered cancer risk was only associated with strong beer or red, then white wine consumption.
• In contrast, there was no relation between kidney cell cancer risk and consumption of light beer, medium-strong beer, strong wine, or hard liquor.
• Their conclusion is that strong beer and wine consumption may be due to the phenolics they contain, as these possess antioxidant and anti-mutative properties, the authors speculate.

This is the first conclusive evidence of what, and precisely how much, red wine, some white wine, and strong beer should be a part of our happy family celebrations. Here’s to your health!

Derek Dashwood

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