Your doctors may tell you that moderately drinking alcohol is okay.  The truth is, it is not okay.  Alcoholic beverages are officially recognized by the National Toxicology Program as a human carcinogen, meaning that drinking alcohol increases risk of cancer!

Alcoholic Beverage Consumption

Primary Uses or Exposures: Consumption of alcoholic beverages, in the US in 2001, per capita consumption of beer was 21.7 gallons, of wine was 2.0 gallons, and of spirits was 1.3 gallons

Nominated by: Private Individual

Basis for Nomination: IARC1 classification as carcinogenic to humans based on sufficient evidence in humans

Current Status: Listed in the RoC as known to be a human carcinogen since the 9th RoC (2000)

1 International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC)

Committee Recommendations: Alcoholic Beverage Consumption

RG1 voted 6 Yes/ 1 No to list as known to be a human carcinogen

RG2 voted unanimously (7/0) to list as known to be a human carcinogen

BSC RoC Subcommittee voted 9 Yes/ 3 No/ 1 Abstention to list as known to be a human carcinogen