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Drinking a small amount of alcohol may be beneficial to some diseases (such as cardiovascular diseases), but it will also increase the chances of suffering from other diseases. Experts tell us that when deciding whether to drink alcohol for health, we should weigh the pros and cons according to our own situation and avoid blind obedience.
A general view is that whether a person can drink or not and how much he drinks every day should be decided by a doctor, because everyone's physical condition is different.
Judging from the current research, opinions on alcohol restriction are not uniform, but some institutions and researchers have put forward some standards. On June 5438+February, 2003, the International Wine Policy Center in Washington, D.C. determined that the standard drinking amount of different countries was 8 grams per day for British people and 14 grams per day for Americans, but Japanese people could drink 19.75 grams, and confirmed that a small amount of drinking 1 2 times per day could reduce the incidence of cardiovascular diseases by 20% ~ 30%.
Professor Li Youming, who has been engaged in the research of alcoholic fatty liver for a long time, has found the incidence law of alcoholic fatty liver after years of epidemiological investigation and research, and recently formulated the "safe limit" for "drinking a little". They designed a simple formula to calculate alcohol intake, that is, alcohol consumption (grams) = alcohol consumption (milliliters) × alcohol concentration (%) × 0.8. For example, if you drink 100 ml of 52-degree (52%) liquor at a time, the alcohol content = 100 ml × 52% × 0.8 = 4 1.6 g of alcohol. Drinking more than 40 grams a day for more than five years in a row, that is, accumulating more than 73 kilograms, 48% people will suffer from alcoholic liver disease to varying degrees.
Professor Li Youming pointed out that "safe dose" is relative, because different people have different sensitivities to alcohol, and individuals vary greatly. Their investigation also found that no matter liquor, wine, beer or any other alcoholic beverage, as long as the total amount is too large, it is harmful to the liver. Long-term drinking is more harmful to the liver than occasional heavy drinking. Drinking every day is more harmful than intermittent drinking, and drinking in large quantities is more risky than drinking several times a day.