Lethal Cocktail? Alcohol & Women’s Health

Another Bloody Podcast · Jul 9, 2026 · 39m · transcript

Now that the "one glass of red wine is good for you" advice has been officially retired, is any amount of alcohol safe or is it essentially just poison on the rocks?

We dig into the current research, from the surprising links between alcohol and cancer, heart disease, and inflammation, to why women process liquor so differently than men do, to the medical community's new drinking guidelines (spoiler: "moderate" now means way less than we used to think). Weighing the research against our own margarita nights and sober Octobers, this episode has left us side-eyeing our wine glasses with a touch…