Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Health

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However, the important thing is not simply to say there is an increased risk, but how does that compare with other things you do? He is the chairman of Drug Science , a non-profit which he founded in 2010 to provide independent, evidence-based information on drugs, and author of Drink? Their conclusion was that, on balance, any protection would be more than canceled out by the negative effects. When it comes to the heart, "Even light to moderate drinking raises your risk of an irregular heartbeat, cardiac arrythmia, which may make you feel faint and short of breath. In December last year the European Commission approved the conclusion of a report from BECA – the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer – which stated that “there is no alcohol consumption without health risks.

If you want to cut down then definitely listen to this, having these facts will surely make you think twice about your habits. The beginning is the "why" alcohol does what it does, and the second half is the "how" one can reduce or eliminate alcohol use.

Well, you would never say part of a healthy diet, but you could say drinking wine with a diet is better than just drinking wine alone.

We all know there’s a risk of driving a car, but have a car because it improves our quality of life in terms of doing things. One of the things that you say in your book that also really resonated with me is that when we say “Drink Responsibly” on the label, the alcohol industry is actually transferring its health responsibility to the drinkers. David Nutt, a true maverick in the field, takes us on a journey through the world of alcohol like no other. Nutt walks the line perfectly in his critique of alcohol while also speaking of the cultural benefits and minor protective benefits as well. professor David Nutt, is director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London.We wholeheartedly agree with Professor Nutt’s message that if you drink, you should do it with full knowledge of the facts.

David broadcasts widely to the general public both on radio and television including BBC science and public affairs programmes on therapeutic as well as illicit drugs, their harms and their classification.In the US, an estimated 88,000 people (approxi- mately 62,000 men and 26,000 women) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, behind tobacco and poor diet and physical inactivity. He clarifies the differences that various levels of alcohol consumption have on our mental health, sleep, hormones, fertility, and propensity toward addiction. It is a message from someone whom Government has tasked to address the problems alcohol poses to us individually and collectively, and whose scientific findings were then dismissed as unwelcome. And if you want to maximize your health benefits from red wine on your cardiovascular system, if you are a 65-year-old man, then it’s about half a glass of wine a day. I was unable to thoroughly understand what the narrator was saying; especially towards the end of his sentences.