2024-08-01 07:45:28
In recent years, a number of studies have suggested that people who drink alcohol in moderation enjoy longer lives, with a lower risk of heart disease and other chronic diseases, than people who do not drink or hardly ever. Hence the widespread belief that alcohol, in moderation, can be a health tonic. However, not all studies have painted such a rosy picture, and a new analysis reveals why.
In short, the new analysis reveals that studies linking moderate alcohol consumption with health benefits suffer from fundamental design flaws.
Chief among these flaws is that such studies have generally focused on the elderly and have not taken into account life-long drinking habits. Thus, the group of heavy drinkers is often compared with the group of never drinkers and with the group of occasional drinkers, without taking into account that these two groups have old people who have stopped drinking alcohol some time ago. . who drink alcohol completely or who have reduced their drinking to almost zero because they have developed health problems.
In comparison, people who continue to drink alcohol appear much healthier.
A new emerging analysis was conducted by a team led by Tim Stockwell of the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
For the analysis, Stockwell and his colleagues identified 107 published studies that followed people over time and looked at the relationship between drinking habits and longevity.
Not drinking alcohol is not harmful to your health. Of course, no criticism is possible against prohibitions on the consumption of alcohol in certain places, such as the one found on this warning sign. (Photo: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
El analisis se titula “Why do only one group of studies find health benefits from moderate alcohol consumption? A systematic review and meta-analysis of study characteristics that may bias mortality risk estimates”. Y se ha publicado en la revista académica Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. (For: NCYT is a miracle)
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