Throughout the ages, wine has been a regular guest on the table of Chinese people. Ancient people sip and then recite poems and fugue, realize life; today people talk about cooperation, narrative feelings, New Year’s festivals, weddings and funerals are indispensable wine. The Spring Festival is approaching, in the “no wine is not a seat,” driven by the traditional concept of alcohol consumption is a significant surge. Recently, known as the “cancer fighter” Cancer Research UK Professor Linda Boward said that there is enough evidence to show that alcohol consumption will increase the risk of oral cavity and pharynx cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, intestinal cancer, breast cancer, 5 kinds of cancer, enough to wake up. China has become a hard-hit area of alcohol consumption, the Chinese people since ancient times advocate drinking, in China unearthed a large number of bronzes, wine in the types of vessels accounted for most of them. Even later gradually derived from the wine ceremony, so that drinking has become a ritual, wine culture has been passed down from generation to generation. But nowadays, the momentum of booze is getting stronger and stronger, and the old adage of “sipping is good for the soul” has long been left behind, as people push the cups on the table, persuade and invite, and strive to get drunk, from work to socializing with friends and relatives without alcohol. In recent years, the number of people drinking alcohol in China has been on the rise, and there are now more than 500 million people. The latest survey data shows that in 2015, the proportion of liquor consumers in 36 cities across the country was as high as 22.97%. When it comes to the amount of alcohol consumed, the country’s people also deserve no less. Data show that the country can drink about 30 billion kilograms of alcohol each year; China’s drinking population average single drinking amount of 2.7 two (38 degrees as the standard), converted into 41.04 grams of pure alcohol, than the World Health Organization “men’s daily intake of alcohol is no more than 20 grams, no more than 10 grams of women,” the safety of the drinking standard The amount of alcohol consumed is two times higher. At the end of the year and during the Spring Festival, “drinking” becomes the main event on the dinner table. Every year after New Year’s Day, the liquor industry ushered in the peak season of the year, the size of the supermarkets to launch a variety of promotional campaigns, the consumption of explosive growth. 2015, the beginning of a 285,000 netizens to participate in the “national survey on the amount of alcohol,” showed that last year’s Spring Festival holiday, the 26 provinces and municipalities of the country, tens of thousands of netizens surveyed every day in the Drinking. Among them, 72% of Shandong netizens drank more than three taels of liquor at the New Year’s Eve dinner, and 35% of them drank more than half a catty. Based on the above phenomena, China has long been listed by the World Health Organization as the world’s alcohol consumption of “hard-hit areas”, behind the health cost is difficult to estimate. Five types of cancer and drinking directly related to Professor Linda Boward oral cavity and throat cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, intestinal cancer, breast cancer called “alcohol-related cancers”. As recently as October 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization, officially defined alcohol as a “carcinogen”, alongside tobacco. She explained that although alcohol can be categorized into different types such as wine, beer and liquor, the main ingredient is ethanol. When alcohol breaks down in the liver, it produces the toxic substance acetaldehyde, which can damage cellular DNA and cause cancer. In the liver, for example, acetaldehyde causes liver cells to grow at an excessive rate, which may result in genetic changes and ultimately cancer. There is also a clear link between alcoholism and breast cancer. Alcohol alters sex hormone levels, particularly interfering with estrogen, increasing a woman’s risk of breast cancer. Professor Nick Sheeran, head of clinical hepatology at the University of Southampton in the UK, said that the amount of alcohol consumed that can cause cancer is not as much as people think, but as little as one bottle of red wine a week can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer by 10 percent. In addition, alcohol also reduces vitamin and mineral levels in the body, causing changes to cells and the lining of the bowel, which can then lead to bowel cancer. Zhao Dongbing, chief physician of abdominal surgery at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, told the Life Times reporter that the situation in China is slightly different from that abroad, and that clinical observations have found that cancers related to alcohol consumption are mainly characterized by esophageal, liver, stomach and intestinal cancers, etc. 1/3 to 1/2 of the patients with gastric cancer have a long-term history of alcohol consumption, especially white wine, and some of them have continued to drink for 20 years. “There is a patient in his 60s, I am particularly impressed, he drank almost every day from his 20s, usually about 1 catty, and even two catty at a time when he had a gathering or socializing. One day, he suddenly couldn’t drink and didn’t want to drink, and the result was stomach cancer, himself and his family were very distressed.” Zhao Dongbing said that the claim about alcohol being a carcinogen has not yet become conclusive, but alcohol does prompt cancer. He explained that when alcohol enters the digestive tract, it will cause damage to the gastric mucosa and esophageal mucosa, and if these mucosa are repeatedly stimulated for a long period of time and constantly undergo the process of damage, repair, and re-injury, it will lead to chronic inflammation, which will ultimately lay the bane for the occurrence of tumors. Moreover, the brewing process may produce carcinogens such as aflatoxin and nitrosamines, which may also cause cancer when they are consumed along with the liquor. In fact, there are many more harmful effects of drinking alcohol. According to the World Health Organization, 60 diseases are caused by unhealthy drinking. It is well known that drinking harms the liver, and clinically, 80% of liver disease deaths are related to alcohol consumption. Prof. Nick Sheeran said that alcohol is as high in calories as fat meat, and the calories contained in the same weight of butter are comparable. When alcohol is broken down, fat will be deposited in the liver cells, therefore, people who drink alcohol frequently are prone to fatty liver, and even lead to cirrhosis of the liver, and this damage can not be reversed. Alcohol consumption may also trigger infertility and miscarriage, osteoporosis, chest infections, kidney disease, high blood pressure and heart disease, and even damage the brain and make people sluggish. On a macro level, the mortality rate and the incidence of various diseases caused by alcohol are higher than those caused by smoking. Every year in China, more than 110,000 people die of alcoholism and more than 2.73 million people are disabled by alcohol. A large-scale study published in the famous medical journal “The Lancet” shows that alcohol consumption has become one of the top ten factors that reduce the life expectancy of Chinese residents alongside high blood pressure and high salt diet. Drinking on an empty stomach, a mouthful of the most harmful “alcohol, can not drink as much as possible.” Zhao Dongbing said, otherwise you will pay a high health cost. At the table to learn to refuse, you can think ahead of time not to hurt the peace of the refusal of alcohol words, usually should also be among friends, customers, colleagues to promote a good culture of drinking less, the party can choose to drink tea, exercise and other healthy ways. “If you have to drink a little, try to drink alcohol content of low alcohol, strong alcohol can not touch the best do not touch.” Zhao Dongbing suggests that long-term, repeated drinking must be avoided and the amount of alcohol should be controlled when drinking. The World Health Organization pointed out that, under normal circumstances, men’s daily intake of pure alcohol should be no more than 20 grams, while China’s current safe drinking standards is no more than 15 grams of daily alcohol intake, women’s intake should be less. Taking a glass of red wine as an example, the daily alcohol intake for men is 1 cup, and for women is half a cup. Alcohol intake can also be calculated by the formula “alcohol consumption x alcohol concentration x 0.8 = alcohol intake”. In addition, it should be reminded that “a mouthful of boredom” exceptionally injurious, will aggravate the burden of the organs to withstand alcohol for a short period of time, and it is easy to drink too much without realizing it, resulting in excessive drinking, can not just as long as the booze and lost health.