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Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 23:31 Sat 30 May 2015
by DRT
Should we move the start time of our off-lines to 16:30?
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 14:01 Mon 22 Jun 2015
by PhilW
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 14:24 Mon 22 Jun 2015
by PhilW
Good old 'brown' fat, eh!
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 01:27 Tue 23 Jun 2015
by Glenn E.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 08:43 Sat 11 Jul 2015
by DRT
Posted by a friend on Facebook today...
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Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 09:09 Sat 11 Jul 2015
by PhilW
DRT wrote:Posted by a friend on Facebook today...
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Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 15:30 Mon 13 Jul 2015
by jdaw1
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 17:36 Mon 13 Jul 2015
by Alex Bridgeman
Will Port count as a "sugary drink"?
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 07:35 Fri 17 Jul 2015
by jdaw1
Presumably health-aware Port drinkers will switch from Graham to Dow.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 08:37 Fri 17 Jul 2015
by LGTrotter
jdaw1 wrote:Presumably health-aware Port drinkers will switch from Graham to Dow.
Is much refined sugar added to port?
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 09:05 Fri 17 Jul 2015
by jdaw1
LGTrotter wrote:Is much refined sugar added to port?
My understanding is that the killjoys have their knickers in a twist about all sugars, not just refined.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 09:37 Fri 17 Jul 2015
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:LGTrotter wrote:Is much refined sugar added to port?
My understanding is that the killjoys have their knickers in a twist about all sugars, not just refined.
So presumably we should cut all fruit from our "Five-a-Day"?
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 10:47 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by jdaw1
The BBC, in an article entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33975946]Cancer risk 'even from light drinking'[/url], wrote:Even light and moderate drinking - up to one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men - could increase the risk of cancer, say researchers.
The work in the British Medical Journal looked at two large US studies involving more than 100,000 adults.
The clearest link was for breast cancer.
Experts say the findings reinforce the health message that people should limit how much they drink and have some alcohol-free days.
There is no guaranteed safe level of drinking, but if you drink within the recommended daily limits, the risks of harming your health are low, they say.
The risks
- Alcohol is linked to an increased risk of mouth, throat, gullet, bowel, liver and breast cancer
- Smoking and drinking together further increases cancer risk
- All types of alcohol increase cancer risk
- The more you drink, the higher the risk
- Cutting down on alcohol can reduce cancer risk
The NHS recommends that men should not regularly drink more than three to four units (two cans of 4.5% lager) a day and women two to three units (two small glasses of 12% wine) a day - although these drinking guidelines are currently under review and so could change.
In the American studies, light to moderate drinking was defined as up to 15g alcohol (a small glass of wine) per day for women and up to 30g alcohol (two 355ml bottles of beer) per day for men.
For women, the researchers observed, the risk of alcohol-related cancers - mainly breast cancer - increased even after one alcoholic drink a day.
No significant link was found in men who had never smoked, but among men who were current or ex-smokers, light or moderate drinking appeared to increase the risk of certain cancers.
NB: “No significant link was found in men who had never smoked”.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 14:12 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
That is a large loophole. But I think double coronas probably count as smoking.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 21:00 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by jdaw1
djewesbury wrote:That is a large loophole. But I think double coronas probably count as smoking.
One or two a month is definitely not ‘smoking’.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 22:31 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:djewesbury wrote:That is a large loophole. But I think double coronas probably count as smoking.
One or two a month is definitely not ‘smoking’.
One or two two-hour smokes a month is smoking.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 22:49 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by jdaw1
djewesbury wrote:One or two two-hour smokes a month is smoking.
A terrible and manifestly unwise precedent. Next you’ll be claiming — foolish boy — that a double-magnum, even though only one cork, counts for more than one unit of alcohol. Foolish boy
There is helpful medical precedent. The ‘five a day’ only count if different. Five apples is only one of the five. Therefore one double-magnum is only one drink. Therefore one smoke, whether great or small, is only one smoke.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 20:57 Fri 28 Aug 2015
by jdaw1
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 12:02 Sat 29 Aug 2015
by jdaw1
After is too late. Drink water before and during.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 18:38 Sun 30 Aug 2015
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:a study concluded, the only way to prevent a hangover is to drink less alcohol.
That is quite the most stunning revelation I have ever read. Money well spent on the education of those Dutch students if you ask me
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 10:30 Sun 20 Sep 2015
by jdaw1
The Sunday Times reports, in effect, that doctors say that vegetables aren’t healthy and that we shouldn’t bother.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 12:12 Thu 24 Sep 2015
by jdaw1
Those desirous of a more dramatic interpretation might wish to read the report in
Yahoo! Health.
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 09:21 Sat 10 Oct 2015
by djewesbury
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 19:47 Tue 05 Jan 2016
by DRT
I might have an extra sausage with breakfast tomorrow
Re: Alcohol and health
Posted: 00:26 Wed 06 Jan 2016
by LGTrotter
I was hoping for a comment on the much trailed new alcohol limits for men, supposedly being reduced in line with the limit for women, ie 21 units a week with 2 days off a week to boot. I am sure that we can all respect that.