How Does Alcohol Increase the Risk of Cancer? | Dr. Andrew Huberman

Dr. Andrew Huberman explains how alcohol increases the risk of cancer.

Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast.

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[modernanimist]

Alcohol should have cancer warnings like cigarette cartons. And people who glorify alcohol use (“wine mom” culture, etc. should know that they are increasing women’s cancer risk and ultimately leading to excess premature deaths.)

[Rob-zwqs]

I've been a heavy drinker for 31yrs but decided to stop. On day 5 so far

[avayu]

I don’t drink alcohol nor smoke and I am consistently told that I am way younger than my chronological age. But how can others not know of this? That when you don’t ingest toxins and workout, you will look great and be healthy because health is everything in life.

[levinsonl]

ok so the 4-13% is grams per DAY. took him a long time to get to that. he made it sound like it was for every 10 grams consumed, period.

[chumbo]

Alcohol intoxication is probably the least interesting altered state I’ve experienced.

[jamesn]

Pretty much gave up all alcohol 11 months ago. I was a two drink a weekday and 4 or 5 weekend guy. After about a month the cravings stopped. Besides an occasional drink when offered, don’t think I’ll go back. Gotta think forward now that I’m in my 40s. It blows my mind that some states won’t allow weed, but allow alcohol. I had a step-uncle drink himself to death and another who’s about to.

[INHIAF]

I’m generally very skeptical whenever Andrew talks about drugs, but the way he talked about this is absolutely great. The only thing I’m skeptical of is his focus being only on breast cancer. The highest risk of cancer from alcohol in both sexes is liver cancer and esophageal cancer. Yet, these are not mentioned and this video is only centered on breast cancer. Alcohol is generally not a big concern for cancer because it only kills at most 80, 000 people a year due to any alcohol related deaths (even deaths from drunk driving). While tobacco is associated with over 480, 000 deaths a year with 40, 000 deaths estimated from second hand smoke alone. So the one thing I am skeptical of is 10 grams of ethanol a day equating to 10 cigarettes a day. I do want to mention that I only know 2 people in my life that drink hard liquor regularly (my two gay uncles) and one was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He also regularly smokes a few cigarettes a day, so it could be that or the alcohol. But please pray for him as he started chemotherapy last week🙏🏽

[memastarful]

I worked as a pediatric nurse in the oncology unit. Cancer is a terrible disease 😔 I never knew what the right words to say to my patients family members other than on a professional level. I just did my job in the most kind loving sensitive way possible.

[normavoyton]

I just wanted to say I love this channel. I love the podcasts but these little nuggets are perfect.

[vwracer]

thank you for sharing this. seriously.

[dawidkotur]

I am interested in all kinds of medical research as a fun pass time, I often read academic papers or get my wife to talk me through them (she is a doctor and researcher). But since I had a son a year ago I thought I had to give up this hobby because it was taking too much time! I am so glad I discovered your podcasts and your Twitter account, now I get my fix from your excellent ability to summarise lengthy research into chunks that are easy to follow but detailed enough to satisfy my curiosity about how things work.

[IAmNotABot]

in 50yrs time our kids/grandkids will look at alcohol how we now look at cigarettes. Unless the drinks industry lobby to keep the information suppressed as they have been doing all these years like the cigarettes companies did.

we should be free to drink if we like, but need the information on risks.

Thanks Dr Humberman again for your great videos

[allisonfalin]

My mother was one to drink quite moderately. She’s had colon and breast cancers. I don’t drink alcohol for that reason.

[guessmyname]

Toby Keith made many songs about drinking. He died from stomach cancer. 🤔

[chieldejong]

Its interesting because folate/b12 actually proliferates the growth of some types of leukemia, once they are established. The main chemotherapy used to treat the leukemia is actually a folate-inhibitor (methotrexate).

[MichaelSalo]

The B vitamin issue is a tricky one, as we are also told that B vitamins can fuel cancer cells. 7:57

[kmo]

As a Russian person I should say it is a stereotype that in Russia we drink vodka a lot. Younger generations prefer wines. after living in europe I see that for example in Germany people drink more, liters of beer.

[huntforberries]

Yeah. I'm not gona get drinks today. This is so alarming

[fletargo]

that's bad news for me
can you suggest some ways to offset the negative effects of alcohol?
broccoli maybe?

[Ste]

Modern "beer / wine is full of Sugar and chemicals .