Sentences with phrase «better than alcohol»

But truly, I rationalize that it's better than alcohol or drugs, right?

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They also drink more alcohol on average than women of all races, as well as more than men who are not white.
Because alcohol consumption is more harmful to people than marijuana use, but the two are substitutes, legalizing pot will lead customers to shift to the better of the two choices.
This sort of deep sleep accounts for less than 30 percent of the average person's slumber, but it can be diminished by sleep interruptions as well as alcohol and caffeine consumption.
Even if the Bible doesn't condemn wine, wouldn't we be better off in today's culture — where it seems more people are likely to abuse alcohol than to enjoy it responsibly — to forgo it completely?
I just don't see a good, solid reason for it's legalization other than «It's no worse than cigarettes and alcohol» which is really a sad argument.
Ok, so it's better than cigarettes and alcohol.
Well over 419,000 Americans die each year from causes attributable to smoking, and tobacco is responsible for more deaths in the United States than alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, violence, automobile crashes and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) combined!
Alcohol is well known to be addictive and has caused untold destruction, yet taboos against its use arguably do more damage, with less resulting moderation, than do appeals to reason and an understanding of the risks.
The problem is that when something is tabooed it causes more social harm and evil than good — similar to the Prohibition era when the sale of alcohol was dragged underground and caused an outbreak of organised crime.
What's better for soaking up strong alcohol than chicken wings?
I have found that using homemade vanilla extract from vodka and vanilla beans tasted much better than the extract from the store, much less alcohol - ly taste.
UK: Higher taxes better than minimum pricing, argues OFT The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says it believes raising alcohol duties, instead of minimum pricing, would be a better way to tackle pro
I'm a 100 % abstinent when it comes to alcohol — I both don't want to be under the influence of a substance that makes people act so stupid and rude and have never found the taste of any alcoholic beverage anything better than bad.
UK: Higher taxes better than minimum pricing, argues OFT The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says it believes raising alcohol duties, instead of minimum pricing, would be a better way to tackle pro... read more
«It's a universal story, quite frankly, in alcohol, which is we're simply buying less alcohol than we used to but we're buying better,» said Nielsen executive director Michael Walton.
If you tolerate sugar alcohols like xylitol and erythritol well than you could also use these.
Sugar alcohols are generally better tasting sweeteners than the Stevia or the artificial sweeteners and I like that it does not have the laxative effect of some other sugar alcohols.
I mean really, is there a better way to celebrate your birthday than to eat cake, drink alcohol andRead more
Sixteen years later, I've learned that adding 1) alcohol, and 2) pals to sports and hangin» around often makes both things better, but otherwise I'm not a fundamentally different person than I was then.
STOCKED fridge — no alcohol other than a bottle of local rum but as for soft drinks, juice and water then you name it and they have it in there — room service restocked very well and beers / booze were inserted upon my request and done very timely (within the hour).
So rather than focus on the many issues — sex, marriage, infidelity, drugs and alcohol, unemployment, nonmarital childbirth etc. — the book addresses, I want to explore the idea of community as a force of good (and sometimes bad).
Alcohol was not forbidden fruit for me as a teen, although drinking and driving was, and I think as a result I approached it better than many of my peers (who would jump in the car and race home from a party to make curfew, whereas I was encouraged to call home and say that I needed to sober up before driving).
1) Boost your immune system: Holidays and vacations are usually not synonymous with good eating habits, and most people indulge in rich food and more alcohol than they typically have at home.
A later study even suggested that kids whose mothers did not entirely abstain from alcohol during pregnancy had better mental health than those whose parents gave up alcohol completely.
They clean more than just baby and I have used them for everything — faces, hands, bottoms, items in the car — they have some alcohol on them so it is a good disinfectant and not harsh!
This misunderstanding makes sense, since people figure, «Well, whatever the nursing parent eats the baby gets,» and that's true, but it's not taking into account 1) less than 2 percent of ingested alcohol even reaches the mother's milk and blood and 2) the tiny percent that does enter the milk and blood eventually leaves the milk and blood.
Children who breastfeed from their mothers, who consume more than the recommended amount of alcohol, can encounter several other issues as well.
As mentioned previously, breastmilk with a small amount of alcohol is a better option than formula.
It is also clear from the very large body of research on the risks of formula that «it is better for a baby to drink breastmilk which has a small amount of alcohol in it, than have a bottle of formula» (Australian Breastfeeding Association, 2013).
(Good to know, but I fear the problem is probably less the alcohol content in the breastmilk than the question of why are you looking after a small baby if you are drunk enough to worry about the alcohol levels in your breastmilk?)
So a 34 year old primagravida with no past medical history other than allergic rhinitis and wisdom tooth extraction (with excellent hemostasis after the procedure), who is a vegetarian, exercised regularly throughout pregnancy, had normal glucose and blood pressure throughout pregnancy, good fetal heart tones, a singleton head down baby, no family history of significant birth issues, no alcohol or drug use at all, and a 7 - 8 pound estimated fetus at term is someone you'd take on as a home birth client?
According to the ABA's Guide for Mothers it is «better to give a breastfeed with a small amount of alcohol than to feed artificial baby milk.»
DiNapoli Monday called for «better monitoring» among local law enforcement agencies to ensure they are enforcing the law, which also makes it a felony to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs with a child younger than 16.
Before Adam Skelos» fate was sealed, his lawyer argued that he'd be better served by drug and alcohol treatment than a stiff prison sentence.
Lüscher knew better than most that it was a fallacy to suggest drug and alcohol dependency was largely mental, and thus a matter of will.
Since timing of puberty is not a simple function of chronological age, and also greatly differs between the sexes, the pubertal phase at first drink may therefore represent a stronger and better indicator for subsequent alcohol - related problems than simply the age.»
Scientists concluded that the change they found in the Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) protein could be the adaptation that allowed D. melanogaster to colonize ethanol - rich habitats in rotting fruit better than its nearly identical relative, Drosophila simulans.
Mixed drinks, beer, and wine, then, are better than more concentrated alcohol when it comes to preventing hangovers.
«Most women, for example, do not realise that two large glasses of wine, containing 370 calories, comprise almost a fifth of their daily recommended energy intake, as well as containing more than the recommended daily limit of alcohol units,» she explains.
«Despite this, we thought alcoholic chlorhexidine might be a better antiseptic than a water - based solution, as alcohol is an antiseptic in its own right.
«Substance - related problems such as binge drinking, driving under the influence of alcohol, and risky sexual behavior are more important than others due to their association with reckless driving, automobile accidents, physical injuries and even death, as well as risk for sexually transmitted disease and unplanned pregnancy.»
An actor better known for her off - screen antics than her starring roles, Lohan crashed her Mercedes in Santa Monica, California, while over the legal alcohol limit.
However, even though an adolescent with good language and cognitive skills may experiment with drinking earlier than his / her less advanced peer, better verbal and intellectual abilities have [also] been found to be protective against developing severe problems with alcohol and other substances in adulthood.»
«If you have sensitivity to the positive effects of alcohol, it might be better to moderate your use earlier than later.»
Thus, the molecule's observed «effect» on cell growth is nothing more than the well - known cytotoxic effect of alcohol.
The proportion of worms that migrated from the centre of a circle to one side laced with butanone, rather than the opposite side that smelled of alcohol, showed how well they had learned this lesson.
«There's a huge body of research showing that alcohol hand rinses are actually much better at getting rid of bacteria than soap,» says Elaine Larson, a professor of pharmaceutical and therapeutic research at the Columbia University School of Nursing.
The good news is that people born as extremely low birth weight babies are less likely than others to have alcohol or substance use disorders as adults.
TUESDAY, September 6, 2011 (Health.com)-- Middle - aged women who drink alcohol in moderation have a better chance than nondrinkers of staying healthy as they age, especially if they spread out their consumption over most days of the week, a new study from Harvard researchers suggests.
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