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" Are my days of sipping vino over? You ready for this one? A new study shows that even moderate drinking can increase women&amp;#x27;s risk for various cancers. And by moderate I mean that one 6-ounce glass of red wine a day we were told was good for our hearts. The study&amp;amp;#8212;which looked at more than one million British women over the course of seven years&amp;amp;#8212;compared those who had two or fewer drinks a week with women who drank more. Here&amp;#x27;s the important/depressing takeaway message:Each extra drink per day increased the risk of breast, rectal and liver cancer...and the type of alcohol &amp;amp;#8212; wine, beer or liquor &amp;amp;#8212; didn&amp;#x27;t matter. Hanging with Nick at a gorgeous Oregon vineyard back in 06--I don&amp;#x27;t think it would be the same if we didn&amp;#x27;t get to taste the goods. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. I&amp;#x27;m going to be honest here: When I do drink, it&amp;#x27;s usually more than one glass. It&amp;#x27;s more like two (and sometimes three). Yes, Nick and I have cut back from our three-month holiday bender but we do still have wine with dinner several nights a week. I guess I better try to get pregnant soon so I can dry out! Seriously, I think it will be good for me. But before I/you go and do anything drastic like quit drinking altogether, remember there are benefits to having a little vino in our lives. (Right? Please tell me they haven&amp;#x27;t revoked that.) Even in this study they found that moderate drinkers actually had a lower risk of thyroid cancer, non-Hodgkin&amp;#x27;s lymphoma and renal cell cancer. Not to mention the incredible calming effects a glass of wine holds... The view from the tasting deck at one of our favorite Long Island vineyards, Bedell--please tell me I don&amp;#x27;t have to give this up! Bottom line: I don&amp;#x27;t think we should panic here but this is important info (albeit kind annoying to read). I suppose we need to be aware of our specific health risks, weigh the options and talk to our doctors. For now I&amp;#x27;m sticking to the good ol &amp;quot;everything in moderation&amp;quot; mantra. How about you? How much and how often do you drink? Are you concerned? Cheers!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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