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🍷 The health risks of alcohol have been hammered home for years.

But new research suggests a drink with dinner can no longer be deemed unsafe

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A paper published in The Lancet in 2019 claimed that even light drinking patterns increased blood pressure and the chances of having a stroke.

❌However, a new paper claims that this analysis was flawed
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🗣️“We don’t think the claim that the only safe alcohol intake is zero is true as it wasn’t based on a sound methodological approach” says Professor Chris Frost, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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🍷Prof Frost goes further, adding that a glass of wine or beer with dinner can no longer be deemed as unsafe

🍺The Professor says that the UK chief medical officers’ guidelines, which advise it is safest to not drink regularly more than 14 units per week, spread over three days or more, are a good set of guidelines to follow

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But while a little consumption may be acceptable, Prof Frost still warns against three or more alcoholic drinks a day.

🍻“Our research casts no doubts on the well-established harmful effects of excessive drinking”

Moderation, therefore, not total abstinence is the emerging message – and that applies in relation to alcohol’s link to dementia, too

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📂A 2018 study published in the BMJ showed that both zero alcohol and excessive consumption increased the risk of dementia, while moderate alcohol consumption – no more than 14 units a week – was associated with a lower risk of dementia

"So, on that note, I will enjoy my Rioja tonight and no doubt the one tomorrow too," writes @laurenlibbert

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