Posted on 12/16/2023 10:54:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
A single night of binge-drinking is more likely to cause liver disease than a few drinks spread across the week, a study revealed.
According to a study done by the University College London, first reported by the London Standard, measuring the pattern of alcohol intake was more accurate than volume for predicting the risk of developing alcohol-related cirrhosis (ARC).
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, ARC is a stage of liver disease where the liver has become significantly scarred and may cause the liver to stop working correctly. The scientists analyzed data from 312,599 active alcoholic drinkers in the United Kingdom to assess the impact of the pattern of drinking, genetic predisposition and type-2 diabetes on the likelihood of developing ARC.
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Pretty much common sense. For essentially everything, the poison is in the dose. If I eat one almond per day for 1,000 days, I’ll be just fine. If I eat 1,000 almonds in one day, I have a good chance of dying from the naturally occurring cyanide in almonds.
If you weigh 180 lbs and you consume a maximum of ten 12 oz. beers @ 4.x % alcohol content and you space them at least 40 minutes apart with intermittent food, I don’t think your liver is going to be scarred for life, especially if you’re a nonsmoker. Keeping hydrated can lessen the after-effects and if you can train yourself to limit that routine to 2-3 times a month, then I don’t think you’re going to be on any sort of slippery slope except if you’re a regular at one or more of your local local watering holes and insist on driving yourself around. I’m not a doctor, so this is all speculation on what MADD, AA and others in their “field” may not want you to know.
I saw my father-in-law die of cirrhosis after a lifetime of alcohol abuse. From what I’ve read, I’d take crucifixion over cirrhosis in a heartbeat. Cirrhosis is a fiendishly hellish way to die very slowly.
I thinks it’s genetics period.
Genetics indeed. Northern Europeans and Celts seem to be very tolerant to heavy alcohol use. My own family were heavy drinkers and live in to their 90s. While Native American blood seems to be very sensitive to any alcohol use. Generations of meed and whiskey seems to have taken out those sensitive generations ago.
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