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Iceland: Advise that pregnant women abstain from alcohol during pregnancy because no safe consumption level exists. [27] Israel: Women should avoid consuming alcohol before and during pregnancy [27] [45] The Netherlands: Abstinence [27] New Zealand: "Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant should avoid drinking alcohol." [46]
The American Academy of Pediatrics established a conservative set of recommendations in 2015: "During pregnancy:no amount of alcohol intake should be considered safe; there is no safe trimester to drink alcohol; all forms of alcohol, such as beer, wine, and liquor, pose similar risk; and binge drinking poses dose-related risk to the developing ...
A woman drinking an average of two units of alcohol per day has 13% higher risk of developing breast cancer than a woman who drinks an average of one unit of alcohol per day. [6] Even light consumption of alcohol – one to three drinks per week – increases the risk of breast cancer. [3]
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A review published by the National Cancer Institute placed maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the category of "suggestive" but concluded that the risk was not important. [121] Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) For ALL in children, maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy is "unlikely to be an important risk factor for ALL" [121]
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The health benefits of a modest alcohol consumption reported in people of European descent appear not to exist among people of African descent. [18] Higher body masses and the prevalence of high levels of alcohol dehydrogenase in an individual increase alcohol tolerance, and both adult weight and enzymes vary with ethnicity.