It’s absolutely true and makes sense that alcohol is tonic as well as poison. Depending upon the dose. Moderate drinking has been seen as benefiting the heart and circulatory system, and in all probabilities it also protects against type 2 diabetes and gallstones.
Half a beer is better than none has not been said in a lighter vain. Moderate drinking does and can lead to a better and healthier life.
Moderate drinkers tend to have better health and also live longer and healthier than those who abstain from drinking or are heavy drinkers. Extreme in either way does not help.
Let’s discuss the diseases or health problems that can be avoided, reduced and minimized with the help of moderate drinking. We shall also discuss if moderate drinking can be equated with or replaced by healthy diet.
Besides having reduced chances of having heart attacks and strokes, moderate drinkers of beverages like beer, wine or distilled spirits or liquor are generally less likely to suffer hypertension or high blood pressure, peripheral artery disease, Alzheimer’s disease and the common cold.
It would surprise some that drinking within limits also proves to be beneficial in lessening the chances of or preventing health problems like diabetes, poor cognition and memory, rheumatoid arthritis, bone fractures, osteoporosis, digestive ailments, kidney stones, stress and depression, Parkinson’s disease, hepatitis A, pancreatic cancer, macular degeneration, duodenal ulcer, hearing loss, gallstones and liver disease.
Some of you may have a question that why drink to reduce the risk of heart disease when eating a good diet, exercising, and losing weight can do the same thing. The answer is that what moderate drinking can good diet cannot!
The moderate alcohol intake appears to be more effective than most other lifestyle changes that can be used to reduce the risk of heart and other types of diseases.
For instance, an average person will be expected to stick to a certain regime like, a certain type of diet will have to be taken, salt may have to be reduced, add may have to be added, a certain routine, a certain timing etc.
All this besides exercise on a regular basis to lose the extra weight, and may be begin medication in order to lower cholesterol or blood pressure. Moderate drinking have lead older women to lead a longer life.
All the above things have one replacement that is simple to follow. Harder to stick to of course! I mean how many of you stop at half a beer? How many of you have heard of people stopping after moderate drinking.
Not only this some medical research also suggests that adding alcohol to a healthful diet is more effective than just following the diet alone.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of and Health and Human Services define moderate drinking as; one drink a day for women who are not pregnant and people over 60; two drinks a day for men (no more than one an hour).
One drink is 12 ounces of beer, 4 ounces of wine or 1 ounce of 100-proof liquor. Some studies suggest that it’s not the amount but the pattern of drinking that results in benefits. Moderate drinkers are the ones who consume a little every day, rather than going overboard over weekend or suddenly going on a binge.
Don’t assume alcohol’s role in good health and it is advised that before starting to drink with a view to attain good health it’s more sensible to consult your doctor. He knows your metabolism and other health related issues and can therefore be a better judge.
