Category: drinking alcohol

Drinking Gives 0 Health Benefits for Adults Under 40: Study

Young adults should not drink at all, as even limited alcohol consumption poses a risk, according to a new global study. An analysis of estimated alcohol use in 204 countries in 2020 by the Global Burden of Disease, published in The Lancet, suggests that for young adults aged 15 to 39, drinking alcohol gave no…


Drinking Gives Zero Health Benefits for Adults Under 40: Study

Young adults should not drink at all, as even limited alcohol consumption poses a risk, according to a new global study. An analysis of estimated alcohol use in 204 countries in 2020 by the Global Burden of Disease, published in The Lancet, suggests that for young adults aged 15 to 39, drinking alcohol gave no…


Drink, Drank, Drunk: What Happens When We Drink Alcohol (Video)

Alcohol is a depressant, a diuretic, and a disinfectant. These generally aren’t pleasant attributes, but people have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years – some of the earliest written texts mention or contain recipes for beer, and pottery shards from China show people may have been making alcohol as far back as 7,000BCE. So…