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COMPARATIVE CALORIES FOR BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS |
Light to Moderate Alcohol Use Protective Against Dementia in Older Adults |
| Light to Moderate Drinking: Likely Cardioprotective, But Recommended? |
| Wine Is Fine, But Beer May Be Better |
| EVEN MODERATE DRINKING INCREASES THE RISK FOR CANCER |
| Alcohol and Gout |
The beer-belly is a caloric cause-and-effect.
The beer and its kin are the most fattening of alcoholic beverages. |
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| Ale (12 oz.) |
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| Champagne (4 oz.) |
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| Red Wine (4 oz.) |
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| White Wine (4 oz.) |
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| Light White Wine (4 oz.) |
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| Gin, Rum, Vodka, Whiskey (80 proof, 1.25 oz.) |
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| Low-fat milk 2% (12 oz.) |
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| Orange juice (12 oz.) |
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| NOTE: A 12-ounce can of regular or light beer provides 14-16 gm of alcohol, a measure used in the recommendations for "moderate" drinking. According to guidelines published every 5 years by the US Department of Health and Human Services, "moderate" means a daily intake of one drink for women and two drinks for men. A "drink" is defined as: one 5-ounce glass of wine, one 12-ounce can of beer, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof (40%) distilled beverage, each containing 14 g of alcohol. |
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| Light to Moderate Alcohol Use Protective Against Dementia in Older Adults March 11, 2011 — A new study of adults 75 years and older at baseline suggests that drinking light to moderate amounts of alcohol may help protect against the development of dementia. . . "There is strong evidence from previous longitudinal studies that [drinking] a small amount of alcohol is associated with lower incidence of overall dementia and Alzheimer dementia," Professor Siegfried Weyerer, PhD, from the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany, said. . .A lower risk for incident dementia was found for all types of alcohol, with statistically significant hazard ratios found among those drinking mixed alcoholic beverages. . . Medscape Education Clinical Briefs |
| Light to Moderate Drinking: Likely Cardioprotective, But Recommended? February 28, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) — It's time to acknowledge the pile of evidence that light to moderate alcohol consumption is not only good for cardiovascular health, it could potentially be recommended for CV risk reduction, according to authors of two meta-analyses published online February 22, 2011 in BMJ [1,2]. . .Medscape |
Wine Is Fine, But Beer May Be Better |
| Even Moderate Drinking Increases the Risk for Cancer Zosia Chustecka A considerable proportion of the most common and most lethal cancers is attributable to former and current alcohol consumption," concludes a large European study published online April 8 in BMJ. The researchers attribute about 10% of all cancers in men and about 3% of all cancers in women to previous and current alcohol consumption. The estimates come from an analysis of data from the huge ongoing European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer (EPIC) and from representative data on alcohol consumption compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) . . . . . . "Thus, alcohol consumption should not be recommended to prevent cardiovascular disease or all-cause mortality," the researchers advise. . . . . MEDSCAPE Medical News (April 8,2011) |
| Other Sources and Suggested Readings Hippocrates (October 1992) Alcohol and Health. Charles Lieber, MD, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Vol 70 No 11. November 2003 Wine Is Fine, But Beer May Be Better / Revolution Health Is Beer Good For You? S. Elliott / Suite 101 Alcohol / Alcohol Yes No — StuartXchange |
Last Update • April 9, 2011 |
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