A new study by researchers at the University of Victoria found that drinkers who consumed less than one ounce of alcohol showed no significant increase in life span.
Dr. Chris Tuell, clinical director of addiction services at the"No amount of alcohol is good for you," he said.
Those include a person’s genetics/DNA, the body’s water content, the metabolism of alcohol in the body and any"A small amount of alcohol can be just as problematic for some people, especially if alcohol has been a ‘go-to’ coping mechanism for life stressors," said one addiction specialist. "As people age, especially for women, there are changes in how the body metabolizes alcohol, much differently than when they were younger," said Dr. Tuell.
For women, there was a"significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality" for females who drank 1 ounce or more of alcohol per day and for males who drank one-and-a-half ounces or more daily.
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