Alcoholic cocktails in the sun increases the risk of cancer

Italian scientists have found that the use of alcoholic beverages while sunbathing can increase the risk of skin cancer. Alcohol makes our skin more sensitive to light, because of what grows and the risk of developing severe illness.

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Here is one of the most common images of a happy holiday: Sea coast and the ocean, the bright sun, sun loungers, where lovers sit and a table with alcoholic tropical cocktails. Almost every one of us is somewhere in tropical countries during the holidays, do not forget from time to time to taste the local alcoholic cocktails. And thus increases the risk of developing the most dangerous species Skin Cancer   - Malignant melanoma.

Italian researchers led by Dr. Eva Negri from the Mario Negri Institute in Milan have found that under the influence of alcohol human skin ceases to fight the harmful ultraviolet radiation of the sun. This may lead eventually to the development of Skin Cancer . Enough to drink a pint of beer or a glass of wine a day, that the risk of melanoma for sunbathing increased by 20%. And those who daily drank more than 4 glasses of wine, the danger grows by 55% immediately.

Science has known that because of the use of alcohol people get more severe sunburn. Now Italian scientists have found that increasing the sensitivity of the skin to light generates molecules that damage skin cells and cause cancer. In addition, the alcohol while getting a tan adversely affects a person's ability to think rationally. So many drunken people spend under the scorching sun much longer than it is allowed, further exacerbating kick radiation on skin health. (READ MORE)

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