Moderate Alcohol Consumption Lowers the Risk of Metabolic Diseases, Study Suggests
I did my research on this alcohol consumption study and how drinking alcohol may or may not affect the body in a bad way. Because of the increase in obesity worldwide and type 2 diabetes this study was done to see if alcohol consumption helped prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes. The study had over 6000 subjects aged from 35-75. They were tested on different levels from non-drinkers, low alcohol consumption, moderate alcohol consumption and high alcohol consumption. The people in the low alcohol consumption area drank (1-13 drinks a week), medium-to-high-risk (14-34) and very-high-risk (= 35) drinkers. 73% of participants consumed alcohol, 16% were medium-to-high-risk drinkers and 2% very-high risk drinkers. The results showed that low and moderate alcohol consumers were at lower risks for these types of diseases. The results also showed that people in the low to moderate range also had lower blood pressure, lower weight, and lower cholesterol. So in all reality this study shows that drinking is not a bad thing unless done in high consumption.
Benjamin Hartman
This topic is very interesting. It is interesting because people say drinking is very bad but we see that it can have some upsets to it.I have heard before that wine is good for you to drink atleast a cup everyday. Maybe this will cut down on some of the dieases people have.
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ReplyDeleteI like this post because it brings in a substance that claims can help you but many people frown upon it. It is interesting due to the fact that they actually had people get better from drinking alcohol. When I think of alcohol, I normally think of beer. It is weird to think that they gave the obeise test subjects alcohol considering some of them had to be over weight because of alcohol consumption.
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This blog is very interesting, one reason is because is shows how a substance that is told to be bad for us turns out it can be helpful as well. This of course isn't the first time i have seen something similar to this. for instance the "life saving chocolate." A while back many people found out that dark chocolate wasn't just this horrible candy that would rot your teeth out but could actually help prevent heart disease. This is also a very interesting topic.-Brandon Noonkester
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