No association of alcohol use and the risk of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease: data from a Eur

Thank god.
Well that is one reason down for getting UC.
Old Mike

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Out of 262 451 participants in six countries, 198 UC incident cases/792 controls and 84 CD cases/336 controls were included. At enrolment, 8%/27%/32%/23%/11% UC cases and 7%/29%/40%/19%/5% CD cases were: non-users, light, BRL, moderate and heavy users, respectively. The corresponding figures for lifetime non-use, former, light, BRL, moderate and heavy use were: 3%/5%/23%/44%/19%/6% and 5%/2%/25%/44%/23%/1% for UC and CD cases, respectively. There were no associations between any categories of alcohol consumption and risk of UC or CD in the unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios.
CONCLUSION:
There was no evidence of associations between alcohol use and the odds of developing either UC or CD.European Journal of Clinical Nutrition advance online publication, 25 January 2017; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2016.271.

Not all alcohol is created equally. I used to drink the stuff that would burn its way down and put hair on your chest. Couldn't have been good for the digestive tract but who knows...