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Zero tolerance: no safe level of alcohol, study says
AFP ^ | August 24th, 2018 | Unattributed

Posted on 08/23/2018 8:04:46 PM PDT by Mariner

Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year to booze.

"There is no safe level of alcohol," said Max Griswold, a researcher at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle, Washington and lead author for a consortium of more than 500 experts.

Despite recent research showing that light-to-moderate drinking reduces heart disease, the new study found that alcohol use is more likely than not to do harm.

"The protective effect of alcohol was offset by the risks," Griswold told AFP in summarising the results, published in medical journal The Lancet on Friday.

"Overall, the health risks associated with alcohol rose in line with the amount consumed each day."

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An average of two drinks per day, for example, translated into a 7.0 percent hike in disease and injury compared to those who opt for abstinence.

With five "units" of alcohol per day, the likelihood of serious consequences jumps by 37 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at afp.com ...


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To: Mariner

Which is why if one takes alcohol as a medicine/tonic it can be useful. The Bible says a little wine for your stomach.


41 posted on 08/23/2018 8:29:02 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: glorgau
a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

Here, here! And on that score, remember to take a bottle
by the neck, and a lady by the waist - never vice-versa.
(from a Somerset Maugham short story)
42 posted on 08/23/2018 8:29:02 PM PDT by jobim
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To: Mariner

The Israelites weren’t too concerned with it- we all die- God made the vine to cheer the hearts of man- some countries you can’t drink the water, so they drink wine- they aren’t too concerned about what it does to them- Do we really wanna live a few more years too old to move and take care of ourselves anyways? Life isn’t so great when you’re bed ridden and propped up on a pillow- Enjoy it while you’re young

[[It’s a scourge upon mankind, with no other drug comparing to it’s destruction.]]

God didn’t take that attitude towards it (Towards alcoholism yes, but not towards casual drinking)


43 posted on 08/23/2018 8:29:21 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: big'ol_freeper

Everyone who has eaten carrots will eventually die.


44 posted on 08/23/2018 8:30:08 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

He was playing Devil’s advocate. At least that’s how I read it.


45 posted on 08/23/2018 8:30:23 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Innovative; lightman

And they’re even older now.


46 posted on 08/23/2018 8:30:44 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

My response to that would have been, “You’ve got a deal!”


47 posted on 08/23/2018 8:31:54 PM PDT by Noumenon (When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
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To: Larry Lucido

48 posted on 08/23/2018 8:33:33 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Mariner

>>a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year to booze.

and how many million die from preventable abortions every year worldwide?


49 posted on 08/23/2018 8:34:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Mariner

This article brought to you by the Funless And Repressed Taskforce. (FART for short)

There is a 100% certainty of physical death. Living a joyless, uber-healthy life will not change that, except it might make those around you wish it to happen sooner!

I once read an article where someone in their nineties, in a nursing home, called their long life “a punishment.” Having spent some time in nursing homes, I don’t disagree. I’d rather check out earlier and have a little enjoyment along the way rather than preserve myself like a mummy and languish for years in the care of the best caretakers minimum wage can buy.

And yes, I’ve had a large glass of white tonight, thank you very much.


50 posted on 08/23/2018 8:36:47 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: LostInBayport

Raising my bourbon to say, “Roger that and Cheers!”


51 posted on 08/23/2018 8:41:52 PM PDT by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: House Atreides

“attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year to booze.”

2,800,000 / 7,442,000,000 = 0.03762% of the world’s population

55,300,000 people die every year

2,800,000 / 55,300,000 = 5.063% of the annual deaths worldwide


52 posted on 08/23/2018 8:42:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Mariner

Muzzie metrics.


53 posted on 08/23/2018 8:45:07 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (The United States is a terminal, fourth stage nation of immigrants.)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Fewer people are smoking so the commies have to find something else to tax. First, they have to declare it dangerous to your health. I see where this is going.


54 posted on 08/23/2018 8:45:13 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Mariner

55 posted on 08/23/2018 8:45:27 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: Rebelbase
Everyone who has eaten carrots will eventually die.

Why do you think Jimmy Carter was afraid of a rabbit with carrots on the breath?

56 posted on 08/23/2018 8:46:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Mariner
Let's get the scientists to develop the perfect diet for each and every person. If any person does not eat the exact food and drink at the exact times and dates prescribed then that person will be less healthy than they could be.

This will of course lead to this person increasing his/her chance of contracting some medical condition. Since everyone will be insured (because that's the obviously most scientific way to run a country) then this will impact everyone as everyone's insurance rates will get bumped up.

So in order to be good citizens we will all need to follow our prescribed diets meticulously.

Oh what a brave new world that will be!

57 posted on 08/23/2018 8:47:29 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Mariner

Ah the Puritans are on the rise again.


58 posted on 08/23/2018 8:47:36 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: Innovative

>>Who would want to get close to any of the women on this picture?!<<

Hillary.


59 posted on 08/23/2018 8:48:25 PM PDT by nickedknack
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To: virgil

Higher insurance rates so they can share “your wealth”.


60 posted on 08/23/2018 8:48:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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