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Very Well Done Old Chap
posted by Dr. Ivan Von Strathenburger on 03 Sept 2007 at 10:33 pm
I absolutly, positively loved your article. I am the dean of medicine at Mitre 10 hospital and I am also a heavy social drinker. I think your article about the benefits of alcohol consumption were fantastic! I was thinking about giving up my alcohol addiction to focus on saving lives and running a hospital, but after your article i have decided to go absolutly crazy and drink non-stop.
Thank you,
Dr. Ivan Von Strathenburger
Read the news article that this opinion was posted about:
Drinking Alcohol And Benefits
Why it is benefit alcohol for the health
posted by saroj BnjR on 28 July 2010 at 10:01 pm
if the person drink the alcohol and sleep where he/she like it is good if the person drink quarter half it will be benefited for the maintenance of the health
Wondering about benefits of alcohol myself
posted by Brittany on 02 Aug 2010 at 11:32 pm
I was sitting up late one night, feeling good after drinking a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade, wondering if there were any benefits to drinking alcohol. Well, after doing a bit of research, it appears that there are some benefits to consuming alcohol. I also began to wonder if a person, who has never drunk alcohol before, should start drinking now - for health benefits. I wanted to know if when a person has put anything in there system, or body - such as sugar, alcohol, or any type of drug (tylenol, aspirin, or even an illegal drug) - if they should continue to receive a moderate amount of that substance. Well, according to this article, it seems that we should consider consuming it in moderation, but, if we haven't, we shouldn't start. This could be a start to some truth, but it definitely needs further study before anyone can put there stamp of approval on it.
But what about the rest of your diet?
posted by Darrell on 05 Aug 2010 at 1:23 am
But does taking one thing to help your health really beneficial when youre out eating McDonalds and big fat filled restaurant food? Perhaps you could benefit more with a better diet. Perhaps with a better diet you won't need the alcohol? I've also been reading studies of the properties of non-alcoholic red wine having these same benefits. So no need really to have alcohol. I will tell that the next time someone tries the benefit line on me when pressuring me to drink.
Danger is always Danger
posted by Amit on 19 Oct 2010 at 11:14 pm
Hi...Drinking is always injurious for health.
Please don't take it, if u want a healthy life..!!!!!!!
The way of keeping us satisfy
posted by Sanjay on 26 Oct 2010 at 4:59 am
Driking is never beneficial in any way. When major part of the society makes the driking as thier way of life, they start finding some thing positive to make themselves happy.
Drink hav'nt discrimination
posted by HASNAIN ZAFAR on 07 Nov 2010 at 10:48 am
WHEN A PERSON DRUNK ANY ALCOHOL THEN HE HAVE NOT DISCRIMINATION OF GOOD AND BAD SO PEASE FAR AWAY FROM ALOCOHOL DRINKS
How stupid
posted by Willy Hu on 10 Nov 2010 at 1:01 pm
This is not right....we are adictive by nature...very few of us can really control our drinking.
There are so many other ways to reduce the risk oF heart attack.
Alcohol is addictive and we look for any excuse possible to consume more of it
Talk about am expensive health tonic!
Did You Read The Article?
posted by cdmsr on 26 Nov 2010 at 1:07 pm
It was disheartening to read the comments here. The obvious lack of comprehension, the ignorant opinions expressed, the unfounded and unthinking bias, both personal and cultural, and -- worst of all -- heavy-handed (failed) attempts at sarcasm that only demonstrate the commenters own ignorance. It is as though they had not actually read the article.
I suggest that a slow and careful rereading is in order. Perhaps then the caveat about nondrinkers should not start based on these findings, the specific dangers for some people, etc., will become apparent to these naysayers.
@Darrell: Should someone not take meds for high cholesterol or hypertension just because lifestyle changes might also be beneficial? Multipronged therapies are utilized to combat many health issues. The moderate use of alcohol (a drug therapy) is just another tool in the box.
@Dr. Von Strathenburger, I googled you and either you don't exist or you are a monumental failure unworthy of note. I tend to the first possibility: You are a fiction and a fraud.
Great Article
posted by Charles D. Maitland on 26 Nov 2010 at 5:51 pm
Thanks for a truly informative article. It cut through the clutter of contradictory information that has accumulated around this subject in the last decade or so, giving solid guidance on amounts and frequency of ingestion, which conditions might be positively -- and negatively -- effected, and advice on who should and shouldn't pursue the possible benefits of MODERATE alcohol consumption.
Again, thanks for bringing a high degree of clarity to this subject.
work stress
posted by francis oshevire on 11 Jan 2011 at 7:42 am
Hi, interesting views but I observe that a glass of wine makes me relax after an herculean days job because I am a salesman who travel a lot to see both prospects and customers. Before I experience headache a lot especially mostly at the end of the month until I started taking a glass from an advise from my sister who is a doctor.
engeneering student in food and biochemicals university of DAR-ES-SALAAM
posted by brassio,mugisha on 17 Jan 2011 at 6:55 am
I recommend moderate drinking, keeping in mind that every good thing should posses side effects
As anti- aging
posted by harley quinn on 14 Feb 2011 at 1:20 am
I'm already 28 years old, I can say that I'm a moderate drinker that might as well , I have observed my body system that , I cannot be maturely old... many of my friends would ask me if why i still maintain my youthfulness..They also claimed that i used some anti aging formulas but its a big no...So maybe i concluded that alcohol has a good interaction in my system....
Drinking Alcohol And Benefits
posted by Panshan on 26 May 2011 at 5:48 pm
There must be some truth in the saying "Eat Drink and be Merry... Let's face it, we could be doing a lot worse, for example by winding down with some mental torture of negativity. It's good to let loose and mellow out. Anyhow we all still have to look after ourselves. I think you know yourself, and if you have a drink problem there probably is a reason for it. Trials and tribulations of life, as we know it. Everything is there for a reason.
Love this article
posted by Red River on 13 Aug 2011 at 12:30 am
Love this article. It's the first google result for when I searched for the health benefits of alcohol after drinking two cans of Tilt today haha. (I only drink when I can afford it, so it's in moderation)
It has everything to do with the alcohol
posted by Jeremy on 09 Oct 2011 at 10:42 pm
It's the ethanol that causes the benefits, not anything else in the wine. That's the only thing that's common between wine, spirits, and beer, really. As a med student currently working on cadavers, I will vouch that alcohol is a great way to get squeeky clean veins and a piss-poor heart. Definitely use in moderation.
Demerits outweigh benefits
posted by Philip Koshy on 18 Oct 2011 at 8:52 pm
Agreed, alcohol consumption may have a few benefits. But the reality is, its the prime social menace in any society. It takes away inhibitions and restraints and gives one the false feeling that anything is possible. Alcohol has been the catalyst for a lot of crime and evil in our society.No society has prospered culturally by consuming alcohol. Its addictive powers are too powerful for ordinary mortals to resist.There are only two options-drink and give up being sane or never take it up and remain at peace.
Confusing cause and effect
posted by Mike Petzold on 19 Oct 2011 at 10:41 am
The study appears to be an “observational” study -- in the statistical sense -- rather than truly randomized experiment. The former is always subject to confusion of cause and effect, and while such a study can be used as an heuristic tool (i.e., for hypothesis generation and experimentation) they should never treated as evidence in hypothesis testing. For example: in America, people who typically consume one drink or less per week may well be, on average, those who do so (even unconsciously) because of a weaker constitution, and are by nature subject to more chronic illness. Those who drink “moderately” may simply be those who have stronger constitutions for which ethanol at those levels has no deleterious effect or is only mildly harmful. That is, people who drink moderately, are simply healthier than people who drink little (on average), but not because of alcohol consumption. I am not saying that this is the case, only that there are so many pitfalls in this type of study that it should never be taken as ”proof” of any hypothesis.
Secondly, the merit of any pharmaceutical seems to be, rightly, always evaluated at a population level (albeit stratified); e.g., 90% of the people who take this drug will see at least a 10% improvement of whatever, 9% no difference, and .001% quite harmful effects -- but on average, at a population level, benefits exceed risks. So should not ethanol (undeniably a pharmaceutical, despite its cultural attributes and legal status) be prescribed by a physician on a similar basis? I can’t imagine a physician prescribing a medicine to a patient on the basis of “well, if you haven’t tried it before, probably you should not start now” – this is clearly absurd , so why would a physician have a different attitude to ethanol? In other words, advise of its use on the basis of its probability of benefit/risk at a population level. On that basis, from what I have read, it would never by prescribed.
When I am drunk I sleep well
posted by Dave on 29 Oct 2011 at 2:47 pm
I understand and admit that alcohol consumption is not good. But occasional drinking must not be that bad. By the way, I am quite dunk right now and whenever I drink, to be honest I really experience a very sound sleep..
weekly drinking is good for health
posted by hans kumar jain on 09 Nov 2011 at 8:39 am
weekly drinking is benificial it relieves tension of rest 6days of week. it prevents insomnia.which ultimately benificial in heart problem
Dont be sarcastic to alcoholism- A very important article to be preserved
posted by R.Chandramohan on 06 Dec 2011 at 10:04 am
Its a nice and useful article. Moderate drinking and heavy drinking description may be obtained by a line of sustaining social relationships after drinking which vary with responses, the health conditions, sex and age. A detailed study is necessary at different regions.Some attach values to the habits and that poses newer problems that mars the experiment. Hence unless we know fully its better not to comment. Its informative and solicit more research in this area to free the future citizens from such a clutch.
Use your head!
posted by Maria on 06 Dec 2011 at 8:13 pm
Agreed with cdmsr! Addictive by nature? You've got to be kidding - maybe amongst the cattle of the Earth. There are a few that are intelligent enough to make sense of the article, and those few probably only need the article to help educate the cattle. The message is clear - everything in moderation, and 'moderation' is different for different people and situations. Just like fat, sugar, weed, and pretty much everything that gives you good sensations and isn't completely synthetic, we get such good sensations because in the proportions that nature intended for us, it's good for us. It's common sense that our bodies weren't constructed to take in the proportions that most people do today, so obviously there are health ramifications to those that don't employ a little common sense. Humans evolved slowly over 3,000,000 years. It's only in the last 2000 years that we've bloomed like bacteria on the apple of the Earth. If we had controlled our numbers as the rest of nature does, ie food supply associated with land area limits #s, we would have continued to evolve and adapt to this 'civilization'. As it is, the cattle are encouraged to breed and vote and we become weaker as a species. Open your eyes cattle - maybe read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn if you need some help.
The danger of alcoholism
posted by George Mathew on 25 Dec 2011 at 9:19 pm
I dont think it is necessary to start drinking even at an attempt to link it to better health conditions. Drinking alcohol occasionally, just for the sake of entertainment, 'for company sake' is pardonable, but doing it for the sake of one's health is something surprising, and what I feel is that those people who do it, attempt just a excuse. If you feel like drinking alcohol with your friends, go ahead; but dont make it a habit. There are somany thinks we do against our health, somany things we take at the risk of our health, and just add one more with this.
Its legal
posted by Ryan on 26 Feb 2012 at 5:27 pm
Alright,in the past we figured that alcohol was horrible for you and now we have found benefits. Same thing with Cannibus but that is still illegal that shuold be changed. We should not just assume something is bad for you just because it has some bad effects.
Thank you
posted by HS on 12 Apr 2012 at 4:20 am
I've been wondering about this subject. I could be classified as a social drinker, I guess, although I drink much more rarely than any other social drinker I know - once every couple of months, like on New Years and birthdays, times like that.
I did notice though a peculiar effect alcohol has on me: my memory of events after I drink is much sharper and clearer than normal. I didn't pursue that further, as I'm never tempted to drink , but recently I noticed something else that made me reevaluate that discovery - I was playing chess, rather badly, and then I drank a cup of wine and my playing suddenly got better because I could concentrate. Better concentration, along with better memory and better social skills was something I was aware of before, but, well, not really 'aware' of, as in I didn't think of it. I suspect it's because it cuts through the fog on my mind and clears away the thoughts and worries that have nothing to do with the situation at hand.
Now I'm thinking of taking up moderate drinking and was worried about the implications. I haven't made my decision yet, I'll need to test it a couple of times, but this article helped.
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