OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential health benefits and cost savings of an alcohol tax rate that applies equally to all alcoholic beverages based on their alcohol content (volumetric tax) and to compare the cost savings with the cost of implementation. DESIGN AND SETTING Mathematical modelling of three scenarios of volumetric alcohol taxation for the population of Australia: (i) no change in ...

The prevalence of cereal allergy is highly influenced by geographical area and consumption habits. According to data from Alergologica 2015 [1], accounts for 2.1% all cases food in Spain. Beer a barley-based alcoholic beverage that also contains hops, yeast, other cereals (wheat, oats, corn, even rye). Barley the basis malt vinegar, whiskey, gin. Several allergens barley have been described, in...

Medical News A mistaken interpretation of data relating alcohol to mortality Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease in Denmark 2006–2011: A population-based study WineHealth 2015 The pattern of alcohol consumption and risk of cirrhosis Ethnic differences in presentation and severity of alcoholic liver disease Worsening of health and a cessation or reduction in alcohol consumption to special oc...

In academic years 2002/3-2004/5, the use of alcohol was investigated by anonymous questionnaire in 1,032 first and third year pharmacy students in the Czech Republic. Frequencies of beer, wine and spirits use, the age of the first contact with alcoholic beverages, the age of the first drunkenness and the frequency of drunkenness in the last month were ascertained. Average age of the first conta...

A SUBSTANCE, LIKE A PERSON, MAY HAVE DISTINCT AND EVEN contradictory aspects to its personality. Today ethyl alcohol, the drinkable species of alcohol, is a multifaceted entity; it may be social lubricant, sophisticated dining companion, cardiovascular health benefactor or agent of de struction. Throughout most of Western civilization’s history, however, alcohol had a far different role. For mo...

AIMS To describe the globalized sector of the alcoholic beverage industry, including its size, principal actors and activities. METHODS Market research firms and business journalism are the primary sources for information about the global alcohol industry, and are used to profile the size and membership of the three main industry sectors of beer, distilled spirits and wine. FINDINGS Branded...

Epidemiological studies have shown an association between consumption of alcoholic beverages, particularly beer, and carcinoma of the large bowel, especially the rectum. We studied the effects of chronic dietary beer and ethanol consumption on experimental colonic carcinogenesis, fecal bile acid and neutral sterol levels, fecal bacterial flora, and colonic epithelial DNA synthesis. Ten-week-old...

The popularity of non-alcoholic beers has been increasing over the past few years. Maltose-negative strains different genera are frequently used to obtain low alcohol content. S. cerevisiae hybrids with other Saccharomyces species offer interesting inherited flavour characteristics; however, their use in beer production is rare. In this work, we constructed six maltose-negative parental (modifi...

Nowadays, the increasing interest in new market demand for alcoholic beverages has stimulated research on useful strategies to reduce ethanol content beer. In this context, use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts produce low-alcohol or alcohol-free beer may provide an innovative approach market. our study, four wild yeasts, belonging Torulaspora delbrueckii, Candida zemplinina and Zygosaccharomyces bai...

Alcohol taxation is an important policy instrument for correcting market failures associated with excessive alcohol consumption. This paper examines the beverage-specific negative externalities by providing empirical evidence linking ten alcoholic beverage types to drink-driving and hazardous, disturbing or abusive behaviours when intoxicated, using data from six waves of Australian recreationa...