Health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption.

Risks and Benefits of Alcohol Use Over the Life Span

Especially at low and moderate drinking levels, alcohol consumption can be associated with benefits (e.g., protection against coronary heart disease) as well as risks (e.g., increased risk of accidents). Fhese benefits and risks may change across a person's life span. Fo determine the likely net outcome of alcohol consumption, one must weigh the probable risks and benefits for each drinker. Fhe...

Benefits and Risks of Aquaculture Foods in Primary Health Care: A Mini-Review

Primary Health Care (PHC) is expected to serve as a basis for the countrychr('39')s health sector, of which it is the primary responsibility and priority, as well as the communitychr('39')s overall collective and economic prosperity. Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition are among eight elements of PHC. Protein deficiency is one of the most important health concerns in some parts of the...

Alcohol consumption in the new millennium – weighing up the risks and benefits for our health

J-curve revisited: cardiovascular benefits of moderate alcohol use cannot be dismissed.

While the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council guideline document of 2009 on reducing health risks from drinking alcohol provided sensible advice for public policy on alcohol, it appeared to dismiss the cardiovascular benefits of low to moderate consumption. Undue prominence was given to a hypothesis from a single research group that the well documented J-curve relationship o...

Commentary: another serious challenge to the hypothesis that moderate drinking is good for health?

explained here, their work serves to emphasize the results with greatest reliability and, taken in the context of what is already known, helps to clarify the overall risks and benefits of alcohol consumption. For the age group included in the EPIC study (i.e. older adults), accounting for prevalent illness, the risks of death were lowest in men with lifetime patterns of alcohol consumption of42...