{"id":24215,"date":"2025-02-03T20:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/?p=24215"},"modified":"2025-07-15T17:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:37:45","slug":"the-link-between-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-healthy-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/the-link-between-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-healthy-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"The link between alcohol, cancer risk and healthy lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The link between alcohol, cancer risk and healthy lifestyle&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The U.S. Surgeon General\u2019s recent advisory on the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk is an opportunity to engage with patients on the avoidance of risky substances pillar of lifestyle medicine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Sally Crocker&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 4, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-link-between-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-healthy-lifestyle.webp\" alt=\"Image of a dictionary page with the word cancer highlighted in pink\" class=\"wp-image-26990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-link-between-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-healthy-lifestyle.webp 1000w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-link-between-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-healthy-lifestyle-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-link-between-alcohol-cancer-risk-and-healthy-lifestyle-768x522.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Surgeon General\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2025\/01\/03\/us-surgeon-general-issues-new-advisory-link-alcohol-cancer-risk.html\">advisory<\/a> warning of the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk has opened up conversations about a serious topic that many Americans fail to consider.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the country, after tobacco use and obesity. While evidence for this connection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/surgeongeneral\/reports-and-publications\/alcohol-cancer\/index.html\">has been growing<\/a> over the last four decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aicr.org\/assets\/can-prevent\/docs\/2019-Survey.pdf\">less than half<\/a> of Americans recognize alcohol as a cancer risk factor. Some of the confusion likely stems from previous conflicting literature implying that low levels of alcohol consumption may have health benefits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistorically, there has been this notion in the medical literature that one or two glasses of alcohol a night is fine or even healthy,\u201d said Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine Steve G. Sugden, MD, MPH, MSS, DipABLM, who is working with ACLM to develop an addiction medicine <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.org\/member-interest-groups\/\">member interest group<\/a> (MIG). \u201cPeople have kind of wanted to have both sides of it, to enjoy their drink and be under control of their health, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/health-professionals-communities\/core-resource-on-alcohol\/basics-defining-how-much-alcohol-too-much\">U.S. Dietary Guidelines<\/a>\u00a02020-2025 on alcohol consumption recommend one drink or less per day for women and two or less for men. Two new recent reports, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopalcoholabuse.gov\/research-resources\/alcohol-intake-health.aspx\">Scientific Findings of the Alcohol Intake &amp; Health Study<\/a>\u201d from the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, and\u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/links-1.govdelivery.com\/CL0\/https:%2F%2Fnap.nationalacademies.org%2Fcatalog%2F28582%2Freview-of-evidence-on-alcohol-and-health%3Fsource=govdelivery%26utm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery\/1\/01000193da79c6c2-8b2d1596-4f80-49cc-8d87-a9ccebe9a55a-000000\/c1JJT5L9INrZTpMfoVGEWAF_EnmKERMvgoYIWGlG954=384\">Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health<\/a>\u201d from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will be taken under consideration for the next Dietary Guidelines, due out later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe societal confusion is perfectly justified by the mixed messages that have come out,\u201d ACLM Member and Vice President of Research at the American Institute for Cancer Research Nigel Brockton, PhD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/surgeon-general-wants-cancer-warnings-for-alcohol-is-there-any-amount-thats-safe-to-drink-b2cdf379\">said recently<\/a>. \u201cBut \u201cwhether it\u2019s red wine, whether it\u2019s liquor, whether it\u2019s beer, they all increase your risk\u201d of cancer. \u201cIf you are really concerned about your cancer risk, then you would want to minimize your drinking as much as possible. There is no safe dose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advisories can have an impact&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Health advisories historically have focused primarily on smoking and tobacco use, but it\u2019s time to expand the definition of risky behaviors and ways of achieving a healthy lifestyle, Dr. Sugden said.\u00a0 The Surgeon General\u2019s warning gives more credence to the fact that there is a wider range of risky substances to avoid. The Surgeon General has also campaigned for mental health and about the dangers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK595227\/\">loneliness and social disconnection<\/a>. ACLM recently expanded its definition of risky behaviors for the lifestyle medicine pillar of avoidance of risky substances.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Surgeon General\u2019s advice about loneliness has been very well received, and there is an overlap in the rate of substance use among those who feel lonely or experience other mental health conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can clinicians do?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The advisory presents an opportunity for clinicians to engage with patients on avoidance of risky substances and the other five pillars: optimal nutrition, physical activity, stress management, restorative sleep and positive social connections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACLM offers to members <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.lifestylemedicine.org\/viewdocument\/lifestyle-medicine-toolkit-for-canc\">The Lifestyle Medicine Cancer Toolkit<\/a>, which is both a provider-focused and individual resource. The toolkit focuses on the time points of cancer risk reduction and survivorship for individuals finished with primary treatments. ACLM also has a Cancer MIG with more than 950 members.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, ACLM also offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.lifestylemedicine.org\/viewdocument\/lifestyle-medicine-pillars\">handout on risky substances<\/a> to help facilitate conversations on risky substances and a <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.lifestylemedicine.org\/viewdocument\/shared-medical-appointment-six-pill\">video<\/a> exploring the pillar that are available to members. The handout includes information on 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations for alcohol and establishing SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) to help reduce alcohol consumption.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The full catalog of ACLM complimentary and members-only resources can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.lifestylemedicine.org\/resources\/resource-landing-page\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The link between alcohol, cancer risk and healthy lifestyle&nbsp; The U.S. Surgeon General\u2019s recent advisory on the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk is an opportunity to engage with patients on the avoidance of risky substances pillar of lifestyle medicine.&nbsp; By Sally Crocker&nbsp; February 4, 2025 The U.S. Surgeon General\u2019s recent advisory warning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,74,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-cancer","category-risky-substance-avoidance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - 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