18 Foods Research Links to Increased Cancer Risk

5. Alcoholic beverages

There is evidence that drinking alcohol can cause several types of cancers and that the more a person drinks regularly over time, the higher their risk of developing these cancers is. Clear patterns have been identified between alcohol consumption and head and neck cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer. There is also evidence that the risk of alcohol-related cancers can be affected by genetics, primarily due to genes involved in creating the enzymes that break down alcohol and the end products of alcohol metabolism.