NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol - related problems by: Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and
benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol - related issues; Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol - related work; and, Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.
Folks may want to check out my video on the overall risks /
benefits of alcohol consumption.
A balance however needs to be found between the bad effects of excessive alcohol consumption, and the health
benefits of alcohol consumption in moderation.
Not exact matches
If you are not able to limit
alcohol consumption to casual use
of 1 or less servings per day, then it is best to talk with your health care provider about the
benefits of breastfeeding versus risks
of excess
alcohol exposure to your baby.
After breastfeeding, moderate
consumption of alcohol may have its
benefits but otherwise, leave the unhealthy vices to your past.
«However, it is well established that eating a healthy and varied diet, moderate
alcohol consumption, keeping within a healthy weight range and regular exercise can offer a range
of health
benefits, including a slight reduction
of breast cancer risk.
Yet raising the price
of alcohol is more likely to
benefit the economy than harm it, by reducing the productivity costs associated with workers» harmful
alcohol consumption.
The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social
benefits of reducing
alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on
alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis
of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in
alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower
alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs
of impaired workplace productivity,
alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise
alcohol duty in next month's Budget.
Alcohol consumption was associated with a higher risk
of stroke, heart failure, fatal aortic aneurysms, fatal hypertensive disease and heart failure and there were no clear thresholds where drinking less did not have a
benefit.
In this episode, the conclusion
of a two - part interview with anthropologist Carel Van Schaik about intelligence in animals; astronomer Steven Squyres talks about the current state
of the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity; and cardiologist Arthur Klatsky rebuts a recent meta - study that claims that light - to - moderate
alcohol consumption confers no cardiovascular health
benefits.
Crost said that all
of the costs and
benefits from policies designed to reduce
alcohol consumption, such as the minimum legal drinking age or liquor taxes, need to be assessed.
Smoking, obesity, and excessive
alcohol consumption were each linked to shorter life and earlier occurrence
of disabilities when analyzed separately, but avoiding all three together was associated with the greatest
benefits.
A new study has quantified the
benefits of a healthy lifestyle like never before: For the first time, scientists have linked three behaviors — not smoking, maintaining a normal weight, and moderate
alcohol consumption — to seven additional years
of life.
Light
alcohol consumption does appear to have a number
of benefits.
In fact, light and moderate
alcohol consumption both seem to have a variety
of health
benefits, including reduced heart failure risk, reduced heart attack risk, reduced stroke risk, reduced dementia risk, reduced diabetes risk... you get the picture.
While there is a definite social aspect
of alcohol consumption and recent studies have shown the possibility that small amounts
of beer and wine may
benefit certain systems within the body, there are a number
of different health problems associated with excessive drinking.
While it is important not to over-consume
alcohol, there is reliable research that has shown that small to moderate amounts
of red wine
consumption can have a number
of health
benefits.
Those studies give a fascinating lead for understanding the observed health
benefits of moderate
alcohol consumption in general, and wine in particular.
Oh, there's the brand
of nudity that all
of sudden Hollywood deems shocking (ie: nonsexual male nakedness intended to be comedic, as if we all don't know what men's bodies look like), there's copious, irresponsible
consumption of alcohol and other mind - altering substances, there's even flirtation with the criminal elements
of an urban environment possibly more organized for the
benefit of criminals than the law - abiding.