wine

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Introduction

Contains small amounts of sulfite. also see red wine

white wine (150 mL daily) associated with reduced fasting plasma glucose (17.2 mg/dL) in patients with type 2 diabetes^[1]*
white wine associated with increased risk for cutaneous melanoma among white adults, especially in areas not exposed to sun^[2]
- RR= 1.13/drink/day^[2]
one bottle of wine/week increases risk of alcohol-related cancers^[3]
- increased absolute lifetime cancer risk for non-smokers of 1.0% (men) & 1.4% (women)
- equivalent to 5 cigarettes/week for men & 10 for women
- increased cancer risk for women due to increased risk for breast cancer

* only slow ethanol metabolizers benefit^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Gepner Y et al Effects of Initiating Moderate Alcohol Intake on Cardiometabolic Risk in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A 2-Year Randomized, Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. Published online 13 October 2015 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26458258 <Internet> http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2456121
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 American Association for Cancer Research. Dec 1, 2016 Alcohol Intake Associated with Increased Risk of Melanoma. http://www.aacr.org/Newsroom/Pages/News-Release-Detail.aspx?ItemID=967#.WFRg1ZLF4fp
Rivera A, Nan H, Li T, Qureshi A, Cho E. Alcohol Intake and Risk of Incident Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis of Three Prospective Studies in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Dec 2016 http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/25/12/1550
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Hydes TJ, Burton R, Inskip H. A comparison of gender-linked population cancer risks between alcohol and tobacco: how many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine? BMC Public Health. 2019, 19:316, March 28 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30917803 Free full text https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6576-9