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Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Moderate Drinking
Author(s) -
ELLISON R. CURTIS
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02900.x
Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol consumption , environmental health , alcohol intake , health benefits , alcohol , traditional medicine , biology , biochemistry
A bstract : The risks of excessive alcohol intake are well known, and heavy drinkers should decrease their intake or stop drinking. On the other hand, in comparison with non‐drinkers, moderate drinkers are at much lower risk of cardiovascular disease and certain other diseases and have lower total mortality. Thus, middle‐aged or older men and post‐menopausal women with no contraindications to alcohol use should be informed that they have, on average, net health benefits from the regular consumption of small‐to‐moderate amounts of alcohol.