Tag: social drinking
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10 Ways Drinking Alcohol Harms Your Mental Health
Drinking alcohol is a coping skill many use to help ease their emotional pain. Though it has a depressive effect and sedates the body, it can cause an alteration in the chemical messengers in the brain. These messengers affect many things, including your behavior and thoughts. For some, even social drinking can harm mental health…
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UK Study Warns That Even Light Drinking Decreases Health
A new UK study reveals that even light drinking can lead to adverse health outcomes. UK health guidelines recommend a limit of 14 alcoholic drinks per week. However, the research team found that even drinking less increased cardiovascular disease risk. The journal Clinical Nutrition first published these findings. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) investigated hospitalizations…