# The Alcohol-Cancer Connection (feat. Cecily Mak)

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Podcast: [Salad With a Side of Fries  Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/salad-with-a-side-of-fries-nutrition-wellness-weight-loss-91254)
Published: 2026-03-04T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://saladwithasideoffries.captivate.fm/episode/the-alcohol-cancer-connection-feat-cecily-mak
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## Resource

Did you know that consuming alcohol, even casually, is classified in the same cancer risk category as tobacco and asbestos? Today’s conversation is all about the alcohol-cancer connection, the sober curious movement, and how we can make informed choices about our health. On Salad With a Side of Fries, Jenn Trepeck welcomes Cecily Mak, a former Silicon Valley attorney, breast cancer survivor, and author of Undimmed, for a conversation that is equal parts eye-opening science and deeply personal storytelling. Cecily shares how losing her mother to esophageal cancer and later facing her own breast cancer diagnosis led her to uncover this critical, under-discussed connection between alcohol and cancer risk, and what all of us can do with that information today. What You Will Learn in This Episode: ✅ The five distinct biological mechanisms that directly link alcohol and cancer. ✅ How the alcohol industry has followed a playbook similar to Big Tobacco, suppressing updates to alcohol labeling laws and lobbying against stronger public health disclosures for decades. ✅ What the sober curious movement looks like beyond the AA model and how alcohol moderation rather than full abstinence can still make a meaningful, measurable difference in your long-term health. ✅ How Cecily Mak's Eight Awarenesses framework helps individuals break free from unwanted habits by building agency, self-compassion, and intentional choice rather than relying on willpower or labels. The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics, debunking myths, misinformation, and flawed science surrounding nutrition and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery s…

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