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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

Does it have an impact on thinking about cancers that are prominent in men?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So yeah, can you drill down on that? So if I'm a heavy drinker, so say that I'm drinking, let's say I'm drinking two glasses of wine a day consistently, which I guess would, like if I was drinking two of those a day.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So yeah, can you drill down on that? So if I'm a heavy drinker, so say that I'm drinking, let's say I'm drinking two glasses of wine a day consistently, which I guess would, like if I was drinking two of those a day.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So two of those a day puts me in the heavy drinker category.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So two of those a day puts me in the heavy drinker category.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

It is very normal. I think it's somewhat more difficult for younger people to understand because younger people drink less. But if I think about the generation above me, having two glasses of wine a day is quite normal. After work, on the weekends, with every meal that you have. So that would make me a heavy drinker. And then what are the stats saying in terms of my cancer risk profile?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

It is very normal. I think it's somewhat more difficult for younger people to understand because younger people drink less. But if I think about the generation above me, having two glasses of wine a day is quite normal. After work, on the weekends, with every meal that you have. So that would make me a heavy drinker. And then what are the stats saying in terms of my cancer risk profile?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

And then if I have other sort of, do they call them comorbidities?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

And then if I have other sort of, do they call them comorbidities?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So other illnesses, other diseases in my body, my probability is going to go up further if I'm obese, if I'm overweight, etc.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So other illnesses, other diseases in my body, my probability is going to go up further if I'm obese, if I'm overweight, etc.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

How does that work?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

How does that work?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

What's going on in the body then? If I drink alcohol, how is that leading to cancer? You referenced it slightly there, but I want to make sure I'm super clear in my brain as to what the knock-on effects are and how that ends up as cancer.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

What's going on in the body then? If I drink alcohol, how is that leading to cancer? You referenced it slightly there, but I want to make sure I'm super clear in my brain as to what the knock-on effects are and how that ends up as cancer.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

Because your body sees ethanol as poison.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

Because your body sees ethanol as poison.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So I also found this graph, which shows, for anyone that can't see what we're describing at the moment, it shows the acceleration in liver disease, death rates and general liver disease compared to other parts of the body. Other organs in the body, I believe it shows. What impact does alcohol have on the liver? And we have our little mannequin here of the human body. Where is the liver?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

So I also found this graph, which shows, for anyone that can't see what we're describing at the moment, it shows the acceleration in liver disease, death rates and general liver disease compared to other parts of the body. Other organs in the body, I believe it shows. What impact does alcohol have on the liver? And we have our little mannequin here of the human body. Where is the liver?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman

It almost looks like it's as big as the lung, as one lung.