Cont'd and sorry for the typos due to the phone.

I do not drink beer because I detest its taste, but I know that 12 oz of beer a day is considered a moderate, healthy dose for a woman by US health authorities, and benefit health in longevity in many ways except for one - it slightly increases breast cancer risk in susceptible women. However, that risk increase can be mitigated in whole by supplementing with folic acid.

But you are probably way too young to try to decrease the risk of stroke by drinking beer anyway.

The dose that is considered appropriate, moderate, and healthy, differs from country to country as well. The Dutch health authorities approve of higher consumption of beer than their American counterparts.

You can probably test for yourself to determine how beer affects you.

I sympathize with your situation a lot. Again, nothing would convince me to drink beer because I hate its taste, but I can see how a college student would want to fit in and drink beer alongside everybody else.

So I have given you enough of a cross-cultural perspective to inform your choices. Remeber