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It's just sugary yeast water though. My guess is it's the obesity from drinking that increases the chance of the cancers not the drink itself. Which has then
by brador 10y ago
It's just sugary yeast water though. My guess is it's the obesity from drinking that increases the chance of the cancers not the drink itself. Which has then created a correlation between alcohol and the cancers cited.
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 10y agoIt's not just sugary yeast water, it's alcohol, a toxin. If alcohol were not the cause but fat/obesity, we wouldn't see cancer concentrated on the oropharynx, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon and rectum.
- icegreentea 10y agoIts not just sugary yeast water. The first step of alcohol metabolism is conversion to acetaldehyde, which is then processed further into acetic acid. Acetaldehyde is very much a carcinogen (and its also directly DNA damaging). The science is super clear. We even have this control population called "east asians". The "asian flush" phenomenon is the result of hyperactive ADH1 (which converts ethanol to acetaldehyde) and relatively inactive forms of the enzymes required for the result of the conversion, resulting in acetaldehyde sticking around in higher quantities and for much longer than say a european population.
- joshyeager 10y agoDo East Asians have a higher likelihood of types of cancer that could be linked to alcohol use? I've never seen that claim, but it would be interesting if it were true.
- icegreentea 10y agoYou can give this a shot. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000050 http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jou...
- joshyeager 10y agoVery interesting, thanks!
- ekianjo 10y agoJapanese and south koreans are known to have the highest rates in the world of stomach cancer. And they happen to be East Asian and drink often.