The World Cancer Research Fund ruled that women should be avoiding alcohol as any amount increases breast cancer risk - Getty We cling tightly to the studies that say the odd glass of red is healthy, ...

In “Consuming Place: Women, Wine and Imagination,” Janine Aujard examined how women in England and Australia experience wine drinking not just as a gustatory pleasure, but as a medium for engaging ...

In recent years, one industry has been especially eager to court female consumers: alcohol. From “Skinny Margaritas” and ...

Every evening, after arriving home to her flat from her job as a lawyer, Hannah* engages in same ritual. Night after night, she reaches for the bottle of gin sitting on the shelf, mixes it with cold ...

For anyone trying to lose weight, one of the first indulgences to get cut from their diet is alcohol. After all, alcohol packs 7 kcal/g — a good-size glass of wine contains more than 150 calories — an ...

More than a decade ago, when Holly Whitaker worked a director-level job at a Silicon Valley start-up, insecurities haunted her. She feared never being enough, never getting ahead. “There was just an ...

Moderate wine intake may support heart health, but excess drinking increases inflammation and your risk for chronic diseases ...

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A TikTok video of a woman using a handheld breathalyzer after each glass of wine has gone viral, amassing over 2 million views. The video's aim is to demonstrate "how many glasses of wine to get to ...

In “Consuming Place: Women, Wine and Imagination,” Janine Aujard examined how women in England and Australia experience wine drinking not just as a gustatory pleasure, but as a medium for engaging ...