Comparing Health Effects: Risks of Excessive Alcohol vs. Moderation

This essay examines the detrimental effects of excessive alcohol consumption and contrasts them with the potential health benefits associated with moderate drinking. Excessive alcohol use is linked to severe trauma, accidents, and increased risks of heart and liver diseases, cancer, sleep disorders, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases. It also impairs cognitive functions, weakens the immune system, and accelerates aging. Conversely, moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced risks of heart damage, mental health problems, cancer, and liver disease. Studies suggest red wine may protect the brain, and moderate intake of both vodka and wine can reduce cardiovascular risk. The essay highlights that while excessive drinking leads to malnourishment and nutrient deficiencies, moderate consumption can provide warmth, minimize the risk of heart disease, reduce ischemic stroke risk, and potentially lower the risk of diabetes, cough, and fever. It concludes by noting that different alcoholic beverages, like tequila, may offer unique benefits when consumed in moderation.

HEALTHCARE

What makes the excessive use of alcohol dangerous and why
moderate drinking is considered healthful?
Alcohol is a psychoactive substance and has active ingredients in drinks such as beer,
vodka, and wine. It is important to know what amount of consumption of alcohol is
considered harmful. For men, more than 5 drinks during 1 drinking session or more than 14
drinks in a week is considered risky. Whereas, for women four or more drinks in a day and
more than seven drinks in a week is considered risky. Alcohol plays an important role in
severe trauma wounds, motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and sexual assaults. Excessive
consumption of alcohol can increase the risk of heart disease, liver disease, cancer, sleep
disorder, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases. It will also lead to some other health
problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Excessive drinking can cause huge range
of brain damages especially during pregnancy. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can be
unsafe. It restricts individual`s mental moods, emotions, reactions and functions on multiple
levels. It also affects the central nervous system that causes difficulty while processing the
information and poses certain challenges with solving problems.
Regular drinking affects and weakens the immune system because it catches cold, flu and
other illness more often as compared to people who do not drink. Moreover, extreme alcohol
consumption damages while blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Each time of heavy
alcoholic consumption reduces the body`s immunity to handle infections. It disturbs the fine
motor coordination that leads to injuries from falls. Heavy drinking speeds up the normal
aging process and inability to remember the occasions. Apart from this, dysfunctional
drinking results into malnourishment and nutrient deficiencies. Excess of everything results
bad or worst whereas moderate usage of alcohol can benefit oneself.

There are many benefits of moderate alcohol consumption such as it reduces high risk
of heart damage, mental health problems, cancer, and liver disease. It is reported by nurse`s
health safety reveals that one ingredient in red wine protect the brain from damages.
Moderate wine drinking will reduce the risk of depression. It is reported that moderate
consumption of both vodka and wine will reduce cardiovascular risk. Moderate drinkers who
follow a healthier lifestyle are likely to look for protective effect on heart. Moderate
drinking is associated with wide range of health benefits that include minimising the risk
of less life expectancy and protecting the heart. Adequate consumption is very helpful
because it provides warmth to the body that protect a person in severe winters. Moderate
alcohol consumption provides several health benefits such as minimising the risk of dying
from any heart disease and it also reduces the of ischemic stroke (blockage of arteries that
reduces blood flow). Moderate consumption reduces the risk of diabetes, cough, and fever.
When undertaking the benefits of each one of the alcoholic drink, each has advantages.
Tequila has natural sugar that are non-digestible and do not raise any sugar level. Most
importantly, they act as a fibre that do not raise blood sugar level and help in losing weight.

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