![]() ![]() Another study, from the February 2016 issue of Nutrition, found that alcohol may offer beneficial antioxidants, like the resveratrol found in red wine. For example, a study published in March 2017 in BMJ showed moderate alcohol consumption can indeed correlate with health perks such as better heart health. The Lancet study considered large swaths of populations from around the globe, so the conclusions are general and don’t highlight some subgroups who do appear to benefit from a small amount of alcohol, says David Katz, MD, MPH, the founder of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Not to mention that drinking puts people at a higher risk for car accidents and other injury-related dangers, according to one previous study. Alcohol may increase the odds of certain cancers, according to a review published December 2017 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, and other diseases like tuberculosis, per a review published in the European Respiratory Journal in July 2017. A study published in September 2018 in The Lancet suggests there’s no safe amount of alcohol to consume. ![]() Alcohol is synonymous with celebrations: making toasts at weddings, saying cheers to a coworker’s promotion, and pouring oneself a glass of wine or beer to cap off a long week.īut those who enjoy a drink every now and then may not have much to celebrate. ![]()
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