INTRODUCTION AND AIMS In 2008, the Australian government introduced an 'alcopops tax' on spirit-based ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages to reduce alcohol consumption and particularly binge drinking by young people. DESIGN AND METHODS Data regarding sales of alcoholic beverages in Australia from 2004 to 2009 were used to examine the possible effects of the alcopops tax. In addition, population da...

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between heavy alcohol use and hypertension, but few studies have directly addressed the role of drinking pattern. This study was designed to investigate the association of current alcohol consumption and aspects of drinking pattern with hypertension risk in a sample of 2609 white men and women from western New York, aged 35 to 80...

More and more evidences indicate that internet has become a viable option for the everyday consumer. Millennial are most recent generation to of legal drinking age through whole world have garnered particular attention form wine industry. Online customers may potential loyal fans. The use social media been increasing- both in terms registered members platforms.

Abstract Interpretations of metal graters and pottery tripod bowls as Leitfossils a trans-Mediterranean ‘orientalizing’ culture spiced-wine consumption have late become staple scholarship on sympotic banqueting, shaping our perception ancient wine-drinking its role in cross-cultural interaction the first half millennium BC. Yet closer look at evidence for spiced wine use casts serious doubt ass...

The effect of alcohol ingestion upon the development of naturally occurring and stilbestrol-induced arteriosclerosis was studied in the domestic fowl. In two experiments, a 15 per cent ethyl alcohol solution was used for drinking purposes, and in a third experiment wine containing 12 per cent of it was administered. The caloric intake of both food and alcohol was carefully controlled by pair-fe...

AIMS While it was thought that all alcoholic beverages share a similar liver toxicity when drunk at a high level, recent epidemiological surveys have suggested that wine drinking might decrease the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis in heavy drinkers. Therefore, we performed a study aiming to analyse the type and the intake levels of alcoholic beverages in heavy drinkers according to the severity of t...

BACKGROUND Binge drinking (consuming five or more drinks during a drinking occasion) is responsible for more than half of the 79,000 annual deaths due to excessive drinking in the U.S. Although studies show a strong dose-response relationship between the intensity of binge drinking (i.e., the number of drinks consumed per binge episode) and adverse outcomes, there are no population-based studie...

AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between alcohol consumption and social mobility in a cohort study in Scotland. METHODS 1040 sons and 1298 daughters aged 30-59 from 1477 families reported their alcohol consumption from which was derived: weekly units (1 UK unit being 8 g ethanol), exceeding daily or weekly limits, binge drinking and consuming alcohol on 5+ days per ...

Experiments with volunteers in Singapore have demonstrated that coffee drinking increases urinary hydrogen peroxide levels (Long, Halliwell, Free Rad. Res., 32, 463-467 (2000)). We re-examined the effect of coffee drinking of healthy Japanese subjects on urinary hydrogen peroxide levels. A cup of brewed or canned coffee commercially available in Japan generated 120-420 micro mol hydrogen peroxi...

The coffee drinking experience undoubtedly depends greatly on the quality of bean and method preparation. However, beyond product-intrinsic qualities beverage itself, there are also a host other product-extrinsic factors that have been shown to influence coffee-drinking experience. This review summarizes everything from multisensory atmosphere through sound preparation, typeface packaging vesse...