Should we drink moderately?

26 Jun
2004

I link – you decide – Mixed advice on alcohol

A drink a day keeps the doctor away from some of us, concludes a review by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the United States. But you need to ask your doctor if your level of drinking is healthy, it adds.

Many people assume that a tipple or two a day is a tonic, but researchers believe this assumption is based chiefly on misleading media reports and wishful thinking. The institute reviewed scientific literature showing the relative risks and benefits of drinking in moderation1.

Rather than producing an easy rule of thumb, the review concludes that the healthiest level of consumption depends on an individual’s age, sex, overall health and lifestyle – a calculation best totted up in the doctor’s office. “We cannot give a blanket statement that alcohol is good for you so go out and enjoy,” says the institute’s Samir Zakhari, one of the authors of the report.

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3 Responses to Should we drink moderately?

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John Anderson

June 26th, 2004 at 1:13 pm

While I appreciate that the report is saying to be careful, once again its statement is “We don’t trust you to have common sense, let us do the reasoning for you.” The people who consult their doctor about this would anyway, those who uase any excuse to down more than a six-pack (or equivalent) every day won’t ask or pay atttention if they do.

Put the info out there, those who are interested will find it. And even without formal info, I am optimist enough to beleve that most people realize that a one-hundred-pound twelve-year-old should not be drinking like his thirty-eight-year-old father the longshoreman.

Sheesh.

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RGL

June 27th, 2004 at 4:14 pm

The usual mixed bag of advice, as you say.

To those who don’t drink and feel happy, no matter what age, don’t even bring up the matter. To those who drink asking for advice on how much they can drink, my guess is probably as good as the bar tender’s, considering we both read the same muddled language in these studies.

In the end, whatever advice I give would depend not only on the medical benefits, which are still murky, as opposed to the risks which we all know. But no matter how much we try to give this advice concerning alcohol, we may never know whether patients comply with what we tell them.

If alcohol were like a drug to control high BP or one of those statins for high cholesterol, my job would be much easier, with no element of guesswork and with the certainty that I really know what I’m doing.

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Eat Grapes

June 28th, 2004 at 6:14 am

Exercise is good for the heart.

Keeping a good body weight.

Keeping Stress Levels Low.

If you want the benefits of Wine, and not the alcohol, eat some grapes.

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