New Study about Alcohol Consumption

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overjoyed4life
overjoyed4life Member Posts: 239
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer
New Study about Alcohol Consumption
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  • overjoyed4life
    overjoyed4life Member Posts: 239
    edited April 2013

    Hello everyone,

    I don't know about this one. This could be a very slippery slope for some people. Whats your opinion?

    http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/09/alcohol-may-improve-breast-cancer-survival/

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  • LtotheK
    LtotheK Member Posts: 2,095
    edited April 2013

    It's group think, and as Voracious Reader pointed out, the problem with these one size fits all studies.

    What I think it doesn't take into account is personal risk of both BC and heart disease.  For instance, given my overall health profile, my chance of BC risk is hugely greater than my risk of heart disease.  This profiles a lot of unhealthy people, my guess.

    I would think the higher the stage, the greater the BC risk, and consequently the more serious the risk of BC over heart disease would be.

    My two cents.  Could be very wrong.

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  • Celtic_Spirit
    Celtic_Spirit Member Posts: 748
    edited April 2013

    I read about a similar study last year that said moderate drinking can actually help prevent recurrences. Other studies, however, have said that any alcohol consumption increases your chances of getting breast cancer. I asked my oncologist about this a year or so ago, because I have 1-3 drinks per week. She said that 1-3 drinks per day might be bad...for a lot of reasons...but 1-3 drinks per week would make no difference.

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited April 2013

    I also do the 1-3 drinks a week. I weighed all I could find on this, and decided that I was not giving up my red wine completely. I do not drink hard liquor (never really did), just wine, and usually 1 glass, sometimes 1.5.

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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited April 2013

    YAY for me!  Thanks for posting.

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited April 2013

    Life is too short to deprive myself of a favorite beverage...some days I'll have a glass or 2....then nothing for several days....I've never brought this up with my onc and don't intend to.....Overall, I eat healthy, have a good weight, walk every day....and heck I drank very little before Dx and still got BC!!!!

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  • weesa
    weesa Member Posts: 707
    edited April 2013

    Ha! I always suspected my Knock You Nakeds were at least as effective as Arimidex...

    Now, can somebody come up with a study that shows bacon is equally effective? w

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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited April 2013

    LOL!  I knew sooner or later you would show up on this topic Weesa.

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  • melmcbee
    melmcbee Member Posts: 1,119
    edited April 2013

    Yay for whoever found this study.  Love it.

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  • faithfulheart
    faithfulheart Member Posts: 544
    edited May 2013

    Boy does this make me feel less guilty!!!!

    Love my red wine!!!

    The oldies on here know that!!

    There must be something good in it going on 4 years!!!!!!

    Cheers and love to all!!!

    Thanks for posting this.. We have so much taken from us, it's nice to have some treats in yourself!!!!

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  • overjoyed4life
    overjoyed4life Member Posts: 239
    edited May 2013

    You guys are too funny, but I am right there with ya!!!

    Bottoms up to you.

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  • placid44
    placid44 Member Posts: 497
    edited May 2013

    Not to be a downer, but for triple negatives like me, I've been told by multiple docs and read that alcohol intake -even small amounts - increase the risk of TNBC recurrence. I quit altogether last August, when I was diagnosed. Very difficult, but I'm doing it.

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  • bluepearl
    bluepearl Member Posts: 961
    edited May 2013

    Maybe I can have my Canadian67 beer once a week? (it has only 67 calories and tastes exactly like a light beer)

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