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Alcohol: Is it good or bad? Or health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption.

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According to the studies with their references provided below:

Moderate drinkers have:
better general health
the greatest longevity (2 more years of life)1
than those who are either abstainers or heavy drinkers!

Moderate drinkers reduce their risks of:


Poor cognition and memory in elderly2
Common cold (resistance up to 85%!3)
Stress and depression4
Heart disease and heart attacks (up to 30%5) and strokes (up to 50%6)
Hypertension7 or high blood pressure (up to 15%8)
• Peripheral artery disease (up to 30%9)
• Rheumatoid arthritis10
• Kidney stones and cancer (up to 30%11
Pancreatic cancer12
• Macular degeneration (a major cause of blindness)13
Poor physical condition in elderly14
• Bone fractures and osteoporosis15
• Gallstones16
• Hearing loss17

Moderate alcohol consumption also:


Increase HDL (good cholesterol)
Decrease LDL (bad cholesterol)
Improves blood lipid profile
• Decrease thrombosis (blood clotting)
• Reduces coronary artery spasm in response to stress
Increase coronary blood flow
Reduce blood pressure
• Reduce blood insulin level
• Increase estrogen levels
Reduce harmful arterial plaque

Moderation is defined from 1 to 2 units of alcohol per day.

1 unit of alcohol is defined as 8 grammes (g) or 10 millilitres (ml) of pure alcohol. 58 ml of SeaBerryLQ contains 1 unit of alcohol.

Consuming less than half of unit a day is not associated with health benefits. Consuming more than 4 units of alcohol a day may lead to serious health problems. Please do not exceed this limit!

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Warnings. The material on this site is intended for UK residents aged 18 or over for information only and is not advice.

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References:
1 – according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA (NIAAA) and Coate, D. Moderate drinking and coronary heart disease mortality
2 - Christian, J. C., Self-reported alcohol intake and cognition in aging twins.
3 - Cohen, S., Smoking, alcohol consumption and susceptibility to the common cold.
4 - Lipton, R. I. The effect of moderate alcohol use on the relationship between stress and depression.
5 - Copenhagen City Heart Study published in European Heart Journal in January 2008
6 - Rodgers, H.. A case-control study of drinking habits past and present. Stroke.
7 - Gillman, W. M. Relationship of alcohol intake with blood pressure. Hypertension.
8 - Thadhani, R., Prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and risk of hypertension in young women.
9 - Camargo, C. A. Prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and risk of peripheral arterial disease in US male physicians.
10 - Turesson, Carl. Increased Alcohol Intake Associated with Decreased Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis.
11 - Curhan, G. C., Prospective study of beverage use and the risk of kidney stones and Rashidkhani, B., Åkesson, A., Lindblad, P, and Wolk, A. Alcohol consumption and risk of renal cell carcinoma
12 - Ahlgren, J. D., Epidemiology and risk factors in pancreatic cancer.
13 - Obisean, T., Moderate wine consumption is associated with decreasing odds of developing age-related macular degeneration in NHANSES-1
14 - Nelson, H., Smoking, alcohol and neuromuscular and physical function of older women
15 - Holbrook, T., A prospective study of alcohol consumption and bone mineral density.
16 - LaVecchia, C., Alcohol drinking and prevalence of self-reported gallstone disease in the 1983 Italian National Health Survey
17 - Popelka, M.M., Moderate alcohol consumption and hearing loss: a protective effect.