What alcohol does to the body
9 years, 3 months ago

What alcohol does to the body

Daily Mail  

'Tis the season to be merry, and many of us take this quite literally. MOUTH, THROAT, OESOPHAGUS, LIVER, BOWEL AND BREAST CANCER There is good evidence drinking alcohol increases the risk of five types of cancer, according to Professor Linda Bauld, of UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies and a cancer prevention champion at Cancer Research UK Next year, Britain's Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies will change the guidelines on the recommended number of units of alcohol men and women can drink a week. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART PROBLEMS Alcohol is a toxin and is directly toxic to the heart muscle cells, Dr Klaus Witte, a cardiologist at Leeds General Infirmary told MailOnline. This is because alcohol is directly poisonous to heart cells But across populations, drinking more than 14 units a week for women and 21 units for men will cause damage to heart cells. Binge drinking can sometimes cause a sudden drop in kidney function known as 'acute kidney injury', as it causes a person's blood alcohol levels to rocket.

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3 health conditions increase risk of liver damage if you drink, study says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

3 health conditions increase risk of liver damage if you drink, study says

CNN  

CNN — Drinking alcohol if you have a large belly or diabetes more than doubles the risk of serious liver damage, while having high blood pressure and drinking nearly doubles the risk, a new study found. “When you’re eating all these highly processed, high fat, high sugar foods, insulin goes into overdrive, which creates insulin resistance, then excess blood sugar, …

3 health conditions increase risk of liver damage if you drink, study says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

3 health conditions increase risk of liver damage if you drink, study says

CNN  

CNN — Drinking alcohol if you have a large belly or diabetes more than doubles the risk of serious liver damage, while having high blood pressure and drinking nearly doubles the risk, a new study found. “When you’re eating all these highly processed, high fat, high sugar foods, insulin goes into overdrive, which creates insulin resistance, then excess blood sugar, …

So THAT'S Why Drinking Alcohol Makes You Feel Worse As You Get Older
2 months, 2 weeks ago

So THAT'S Why Drinking Alcohol Makes You Feel Worse As You Get Older

Huff Post  

Yana Iskayeva via Getty Images At a certain decade in life, many of us lose the enzyme to metabolize alcohol. “Alcohol, besides the vascular damage and dementia risks, increases the risk of breast cancer, esophageal cancer and liver cancer,” she said. “Substances like caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol all hinder sleep” In your 60s, you’ll likely begin to feel the effects …

So THAT'S Why Drinking Alcohol Makes You Feel Worse As You Get Older
2 months, 4 weeks ago

So THAT'S Why Drinking Alcohol Makes You Feel Worse As You Get Older

Huff Post  

Yana Iskayeva via Getty Images At a certain decade in life, many of us lose the enzyme to metabolize alcohol. “Alcohol, besides the vascular damage and dementia risks, increases the risk of breast cancer, esophageal cancer and liver cancer,” she said. “Substances like caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol all hinder sleep” In your 60s, you’ll likely begin to feel the effects …

So THAT'S Why Drinking Alcohol Makes You Feel Worse As You Get Older
1 year, 2 months ago

So THAT'S Why Drinking Alcohol Makes You Feel Worse As You Get Older

Huff Post  

Yana Iskayeva via Getty Images At a certain decade in life, many of us lose the enzyme to metabolize alcohol. “Alcohol, besides the vascular damage and dementia risks, increases the risk of breast cancer, esophageal cancer and liver cancer,” she said. “Substances like caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol all hinder sleep” In your 60s, you’ll likely begin to feel the effects …

Your Body On Alcohol: How It Affects Your Heart, Liver, Weight And Cancer Risk
2 years, 2 months ago

Your Body On Alcohol: How It Affects Your Heart, Liver, Weight And Cancer Risk

Huff Post  

Instants via Getty Images Some studies say red wine is good for certain health factors, while others suggest omitting alcohol entirely. “This belief stemmed from the ‘French paradox,’ where observations from the 1990s showed that the population there had a lower risk of dying from heart disease despite having similar consumption of saturated fat intake, blood pressure and tobacco usage.” …

Even Moderate Consumption of Alcohol Causes Brain Damage: Study
3 years ago

Even Moderate Consumption of Alcohol Causes Brain Damage: Study

News 18  

We’ve all received weird WhatsApp messages describing the amount of alcohol that is good for heart health, kidneys, etc. The study was published in the journal “Nature Communications.” The study, which used a dataset of over 36,000 adults, found that going from one to two drinks per day was related to brain changes equivalent to aging by two years. According …

Alcohol is detrimental to health
5 years, 4 months ago

Alcohol is detrimental to health

Deccan Chronicle  

While most people are aware that alcohol consumption is harmful to health, the truth is that there is a massive increase in the year-on-year consumption of alcohol. “About 20 to 30 per cent of cases for liver transplant have alcohol as the prime reason.” Alcohol also affects most other organs of the body. “It can cause alcoholic pancreatitis, alcoholic neuropathy, …

What alcohol does to your body in the short and long term
5 years, 8 months ago

What alcohol does to your body in the short and long term

ABC  

Most Australian adults will have at least an occasional drink and about half of us are regular drinkers. 1 stubby of mid-strength beer is 1 standard drink standard drink 1 stubby of full-strength beer is 1.4 standard drinks standard drinks 1 bottle of red wine contains 8 standard drinks standard drinks 1 bottle of white wine contains 6.8 standard drinks …

Do You Know the Damage Alcohol Does To Your Body?
6 years, 11 months ago

Do You Know the Damage Alcohol Does To Your Body?

The Quint  

The trend is especially worrying because a research by Tata Memorial Hospital in 2014, found that binge drinking on weekends for just two years, can lead to scarring of the liver, an irreversible damage. 2-3 drinks a day increases the chances of breast cancer in women by 60%, it heightens the risk of prostrate and liver cancer in men by …

Beware! Alcohol consumption can lead to these seven types of cancer
8 years, 8 months ago

Beware! Alcohol consumption can lead to these seven types of cancer

India TV News  

Melbourne: Bringing out the ill-effects of alcohol consumption into light, a new research has warned that alcohol intake may cause seven types of cancer, including that oesophagus, liver, colon and breasts, even in moderate drinkers. A review of epidemiological evidence found that alcohol caused about half a million deaths from cancer in 2012, 5.8 per cent of cancer deaths worldwide, …

How does alcohol cause cancer?
9 years, 1 month ago

How does alcohol cause cancer?

The Independent  

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