Regarding the issue of alcohol and physical health, many research teams at home and abroad have been conducting relevant investigations.
Some people say that drinking a little wine is harmless and has a positive meaning for physical health; Some people say that alcohol is not good for health, and even if you drink a little, it may cause harm to organs and tissues.
Who is right? Is drinking good or bad? Below, follow the family doctor to find out.
Drink some liquor every day with meals, healthier health?
Before starting to talk about whether drinking some wine is more beneficial to health, the family doctor Jun would like to ask you a question: Do you know how much alcohol is related to cancer?
Looking at the literature on the Lancet, in 2020, there were about 740,000 new cancers caused by alcohol consumption in the world, of which the mainland accounted for 200,000 cases.
How does alcohol trigger cancer? First, the alcohol ingested from the mouth through the digestive tract will flow to the liver tissue and be metabolized by liver cells. The ethanol component in the wine will become acetaldehyde during metabolism, which is then metabolized to produce acetic acid, and finally into carbon dioxide and water.
In this process, the production of acetaldehyde will cause direct damage to liver cell tissue. These injuries can lead to the blockage of the catabolism of fatty acids in the body by cell tissues, causing excessive accumulation of fat in the liver and slowly turning into alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver, etc. Then, under the continuous stimulation of inflammation, fibrosis, hardening and eventually greatly increase the risk of cancer.
In addition, relevant studies also mentioned that tumors associated with alcohol in 2020 include not only liver cancer, but also oropharyngeal cancer, bowel cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.
Here you may say, it is because these people consume too much alcohol, if it is just a drink, it should not be harmful to the body, right?
It's a pity that this is not the case! Studies in authoritative journals have confirmed that even a small amount of alcohol intake also increases the risk of cancer, and drinking less than 10 grams per day may also lead to an increase of 41,300 new cancers. That is, it is healthier not to drink.
How long do you drink a lot of alcohol, can it induce cancer and cerebral hemorrhage?
As mentioned earlier, drinking even a little alcohol can increase the risk of diseases such as cancer. However, in general, the more alcohol you drink and the longer you drink, the greater the risk of cancer and cerebral hemorrhage.
So, how long does it take to drink a lot of alcohol to be at risk?
Studies have reported that an adult male, drinking for more than 10 years, daily alcohol intake of about 50g, about 8%~15% probability of developing alcoholic cirrhosis, at this time if not treated control will become liver cancer.
In addition, when an adult male drinks more than 40 grams of alcohol per day or an adult woman drinks more than 20 grams of alcohol per day, the risk of high blood pressure increases by 40% as long as the alcohol age exceeds four years, and if blood pressure is not well controlled, it may cause serious consequences of cerebral hemorrhage.
In summary, for the sake of your own health, the most important thing to do is to refuse to consume alcohol as much as possible. Especially for people who already have cardiovascular disease, diabetes, gout, etc., they should quit the bad habit of drinking.
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