In recent years scientists have debated how much alcohol is safe for the average person to drink. There's no question that too much is unhealthy, but what counts as too much is still being debated.
In recent years scientists have debated how much alcohol is safe for the average person to drink. There's no question that too much is unhealthy, but what counts as too much is still being debated.
"If you're 100% risk averse, then you don't smoke, you don't drink, you don't go in the sun, you keep your body weight down, exercise, eat well," she continued. "It's an individual choice." Also, many factors impact why someone might drink heavily, moderately or not at all, which might also lead them toward or away from other healthy lifestyle factors. That makes it hard to figure out whether it's alcohol or lifestyle or some combination that contributes to their well-being.Researchers are left with studies modestly flawed in different ways and new data that contradicts older findings.
Specialists in liver disease, oncology and cardiology, among others, argue there's no totally safe level of alcohol. Heavy drinking can cause all sorts of health problems, including liver disease, some types of cancer, heart attack, stroke and an increased risk of accidents such as falls and car crashes. Some evidence suggests alcohol can exacerbate the effects of dementia, Koob said.Heavy drinking also costs the public money, David Jernigan, a Boston University School of Public Health professor of health law, policy and management, recently told Massachusetts legislators.
One drink per day increases the risk for heart attack, stroke and death by about 10% to 20%, but Dr. Stanley Hazen, who specializes in preventive cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, thinks it's the sweet spot for the heart. Two drinks increase the danger. "We know there's a lot of genetic risk that is carried from one generation to the next, even if you only have one parent or one side of the family that has significant substance use history," he said.
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