Drinking 4 or 5 glasses of wine, more than 1.5 liters of beer, or more than 200 milliliters of pure alcohol in less than 2 hours, the official definition of excessive alcohol consumption, can harm a person's health more than it is expected. thought, according to a new study published in the journal PloS One.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about the consequences of alcohol consumption, stating that in 2012 it produced more than 3.3 million deaths in the world.
A study carried out by the University of Granada has scientifically shown that alcohol consumption significantly worsens night vision. This occurs because alcohol increases the perception of halos (luminous circles) as well as other nocturnal visual disturbances that lead to poor vision.
A recent study by the Center for Research in Human Movement Sciences (CIMOHU) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) contradicts previous studies on beer by stating that it does not have hydrating properties.
The healthy effects of a good cup of coffee are many: as an antidepressant, to combat bad breath, or in general as a tool to enhance our health. Now, a team of researchers from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School of the National University of Singapore has found that it can also reduce the risk of death from liver cirrhosis by 66%.
It is clear that drinking a glass of wine a day results in better health; however, recent research conducted by the University of Eastern Finland (Finland) has found that drinking alcohol more than twice a week increases the risk of death from stroke, especially in men.
Despite the fact that the public belief is based on the fact that if one has a hangover, the most normal thing is that it takes time to drink again (at least until the discomfort due to the excesses of the previous night is over), a new study contradicts this statement . Hangovers do not affect how long it takes until we want to drink alcohol again. The work has been published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
Women who drink alcohol in the early stages of their pregnancy, whether moderate or heavy, can damage the growth and function of the placenta, the organ responsible for providing everything a developing baby needs until the day of its birth. birth. This is the conclusion of the latest study from the University of Manchester and published in the journal PloS One.
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