Drinks with lower alcohol content can actually reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer. Therefore, there is good news for all wine drinkers, a cancer charity stated.

Reports said that a 250 ml glass of wine daily could cut down the chances of getting bowel cancer risk by approximately 7 per cent. But World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) states that wines with an alcohol content of 10 per cent and less should be preferred.

About 37,000 people in the UK are affected by bowel cancer every year.

The WCRF said making a flip from higher to milder alcoholic drinks would reduce the threat of various cancers like breast cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer and cancers of the mouth, pharynx and larynx.

Dr Rachel Thompson, WCRF's science programme manager, said, "From a cancer prevention point of view it is best not to drink at all. But if people do not want to do this, switching to a lower alcohol alternative is still something positive they can do. If everyone who drinks 14 per cent wine at the moment switched to lower-alcohol wine, it is likely that hundreds of cancer cases in the UK a year could be prevented."

Dr Thompson said however that wines with lower alcohol content were not easy to spot on shelves at high street stores, but some supermarkets have already started selling milder wines that could make a long-term health difference.

Reports also state that drinks with low alcohol content have fewer calories also.