Some food - and drink - for thought: a consortium of more than 500 researchers say there really is no safe level of alcohol consumption.
Their conclusion is in today's edition of the medical journal The Lancet.
They looked at drinking in 195 countries between 1990 and 2016.
The study said that alcohol causes nearly three-million premature deaths each year.
It maintained that any protective effect of alcohol, for example on heart disease is offset by other risks.
The increased risk is tiny - about 0.5% for developing one of two dozen health problems if you consume the equivalent of one drink a day.
But the risk rises to 7% for two drinks a day and the steep J-curve continues from there.
Hubert Sacy of Educ'alcool which advocates responsible drinking said the risks are all relative.
"0.5% of what? If it's 0.5 per cent of 1 out of a thousand, it's not the same as increasing 0.5% from 10%," Sacy told CJAD 800.
"In life, there's absolutely no such thing as no risk. Each time you take your car, you increase the risk of having a car accident. What matters most is to inform people correctly in order for them to make enlightened choices."
The researchers said that by the numbers - less is better, none is best.