Question

Compare and contrast the healthy benefits of drinking alcohol with the negative effects. Are there any benefits?

Answer 1

Healthy benefits of drinking alcohol with negative effects:

Alcohol two faced nature should not come as a surprise. the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages       a simple molecule called ethanol. it effects the human organ systems in many ways,

ex: it directly influences the stomach, brain, heart, liver, kidneys and gall bladder and also it effects the metabolic rate changes in the body. such as lipid level changes and hormonal imbalance.

Based on some Studies Alcohol benefits:

• Abstainers and light to moderate drinkers live longer than do heavy drinkers.
• 35 years old and younger, your odds of dying increase in proportion to the amount consumed.
• Moderate drinking= one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men.
• May lower coronary heart disease.
• raises blood levels of HDL, reduces blood clots and higher level of HDL levels are associated with greater protection of heart disease
• May lower risks of diabetes, arterial blockages, Alzheimer's disease.  
• Insulin improvement factors that influence blood clotting, such a tissue type Plasminogen activator, fibrinogen, clotting factor VII

Negative effects of drinking alcohol:

Short term health risks:

• Anxiety
• Sexual difficulties such impotence
• Impaired judgment leading accidents and injuries
• slowed breathing and heart beat
• Loss of consciousness
• Aspiration

Long term health risks:

• Its effects fetus through alcoholic women
• Liver disease such as liver cirrhosis and malignancy
• Pancreatitis
• Stomach ulcers
• Infertility

more 100 studies shows an inverse between moderate drinking and risk of heart attack such as Ischemic heart disease PVD, sudden cardiac death and also high risk heart stroke patients with type 2 DM