The more a person weighs, the more harm is done by alcohol
Last reviewed: 28.11.2021
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Surely many have heard that in small doses, alcohol is not harmful, but even beneficial to health. In particular, it concerns red wine. Scientists who have conducted more than one study say that one or two glasses of red wine has a beneficial effect on the heart, prevents the development of atherosclerosis, removes toxins, lowers cholesterol and so on. But is this really so? Maybe these data are already outdated, and it is worth thinking about your own health, so as not to harm?
It turns out that the assertion that a couple of glasses of wine does not harm, but it has a beneficial effect on the state of health, may be wrong for most people.
Scientists at the University of Curtin, Australia, found that if a person has problems with obesity and obesity (which is usually associated with increased stress on the heart), even moderate doses of alcohol can negatively affect the health of the heart.
Scientists Tim Dobsteyn and Mike Doe presented a report published in the pages of the journal "Public Health". In their article, experts question the results of all previous studies that studied the influence of alcohol on human health. Previously, numerous studies have reported that small doses of alcohol can be used to prevent cardiovascular disease. However, the current study of scientists takes into account one important aspect, namely the weight of a person.
Experts do not argue that a small amount of wine, if it is of good quality, can have a beneficial effect on the body, but only if a person does not have problems with being overweight.
Excess weight in combination with alcohol, which gives an additional strain on the heart, can lead to an increased threat of diabetes, stroke and cancer.
"We are concerned that the research data, which is the basis for the claims about the benefits of wine, came to us from a number of publications that are already more than forty years old, and at that time there were much fewer problems with obesity. Therefore, it is impossible to call these data objective and those studies based on them can hardly provide a complete picture of reality, especially given that in the modern world obesity and excess weight have become the number one problems, "comments Tim Dobsteyn.
Given the current problems with the body weight, which is experienced by a lot of people, scientists decided to conduct their own research. Experts asked to find out whether there is a relationship between weight and a moderate amount of wine, and whether the combination of these two factors affects the human body.
As a result, experts came to the conclusion that people whose body mass index is above 27.5 kg / m², even moderate doses of wine do more harm than the same amount drunk, only by people with less weight.
According to experts, this evidence is quite enough and they are evidence that alcohol has a negative impact on the health of people with excess weight.