How Alcohol Affects Your Breast Cancer Risk, According to Experts
“We’ve known that alcohol is a major influence on cancer risk for a really long time,” says Blair Washington, M.D., M.H.A., a physician editor at
and a clinical assistant professor of gynecology at the University of Washington. But, exactly how alcohol affects your risk for breast cancer isn’t really understood, she adds.Alcohol and its byproducts can directly injure your DNA . After you take a sip of alcohol and it reaches your stomach, your body metabolizes it and creates a toxic chemical called
. “This substance can accumulate in breast tissue and damage our DNA, which is the code that tells our cells how to work and grow,” says Dr. Washington. “Damage to DNA can predispose people to developing breast cancer.”point out that drinking can impair your body’s ability to break down and absorb vitamins A, C, D, and E; carotenoids; and folate, all of which are nutrients that may play a role in cancer prevention., according to Dr. Klassen.
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