For years we were told that moderate drinking was fine. Maybe even good for us. A glass of red wine with dinner practically came with a little health halo floating over it.
Then the message started changing.
In 2025, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory linking alcohol consumption to at least seven types of cancer. Alcohol was identified as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, behind tobacco and obesity.
That’s not exactly the same message many of us grew up hearing. And now the government guidelines are changing again.
It would be easy to turn this into another argument about who’s right, who’s wrong, who funded what, and which group got somebody’s ear in Washington. I’m not particularly interested in doing that.
Because there’s something much more useful to remember.
Your liver doesn’t read federal guidelines.
The Advice Changes. Your Biology Doesn’t.
Government recommendations change. Nutrition advice changes.
Sometimes that’s because the science gets b…
