Posted on 01/21/2023 3:48:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
new research shows Recent research makes it clear that any amount of drinking can be detrimental. Here’s why you may want to cut down on your consumption beyond dry January.
Sorry to be a buzz-kill, but that nightly glass or two of wine is not improving your health. After decades of confusing and sometimes contradictory research (too much alcohol is bad for you but a little bit is good; some types of alcohol are better for you than others; just kidding, it’s all bad), the picture is becoming clearer: Even small amounts of alcohol can have health consequences.
Research published in November revealed that between 2015 and 2019, excessive alcohol use resulted in roughly 140,000 deaths per year in the United States. About 40 per cent of those deaths had acute causes, like car crashes, poisonings and homicides. But the majority were caused by chronic conditions attributed to alcohol, such as liver disease, cancer and heart disease.
When experts talk about the dire health consequences linked to excessive alcohol use, people often assume that it’s directed at individuals who have an alcohol use disorder. But the health risks from drinking can come from moderate consumption as well.
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You are really quite dense, and still have no clue.
Then tell me.
I’ll drink to that.
{sipping gin and tonic}
Well, it’s a good think I only do crack and meth.
Wait 6 months. It’ll be good for you again.
“Boiling water for two minutes (yes 120 seconds) and allowing it to cool kills all waterborne pathogens.”
It is not the cooling that kills the pathogens, it is the heat.
It is true. Don’t drink.
My favorite Irishman is Matt Talbot, joking aside.
I said that to head off some wise-ass questioning how they’d drink boiling water.
If this was true everyone in Ireland and France would be dead. 😆
Sadly my father smoked for 80 years - it was clear it took a toll on him.
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