Drinking wine and breast cancer

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ORTechie
ORTechie Member Posts: 7
edited June 2014 in Comments, Suggestions, Feature Requests

Help!!!!  The recent news casts about drinking wine and breast cancer are scaring me.  I just got over my treatments for breast cancer.  I do have a glass of wine now and then.  No one (none of my doctors) are telling me not to drink wine.  But that is all you are hearing on the news lately.  So what is the truth and how does wine contribute to breast cancer?  Thanks.

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  • Sierra
    Sierra Member Posts: 1,638
    edited March 2009

    I was going to post re this

    and am still drinking a glass

    a bit of wine

    red a good brand every few days

    Best to you

    others will post I am sure

    Hugs, Sierra

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  • klp
    klp Member Posts: 1,770
    edited March 2009

    I have a few glasses of wine every night and 1 beer...I enjoy my booze..gave up cigs but I don't plan on giving up my drinks.

    I also take extra folic acid.

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  • Lolita
    Lolita Member Posts: 231
    edited March 2009

    I take folic acid to counteract the effects of any alcohol I drink....

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2009

    I haven't heard any negatives about drinking wine except the negatives about drinking ANY alcohol. I think wine has the positives other alcohol doesn't, so I drink wine rather than my old fave of a vodka tonic. I feel as long as you don't go over one with dinner, it has to be OK. I KNOW it's great for my attitude!

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  • lilith
    lilith Member Posts: 543
    edited March 2009

    OHHH! I love you gals.

    I am in the same boat. The concept of getting rid of all wine is utterly depressing to me, so I am trying to reason with the findings and any drink is starting to throw me with guilt trips. I have always been a drinker - without going nuts on it. I am moderating it a lot more now, not drinking on week nights, then having a couple of glasses of wine during the week-ends - and no hard alcohol at all. I guess that less is better than more. :(

    It is great for my attitude!!! - just as Laura says.

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  • blaircoff
    blaircoff Member Posts: 14
    edited November 2009

    Hi KLP,

    How much folic acid do you take a day? 

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