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Alcohol is a psychoactive substance, it is the active ingredient in beer, wine, and distilled spirits. The Washington University School of Medicine study of 450,000 people found drinking a glass of wine every day increases the risk of untimely death because there is no safe amount of alcohol to drink, after they reviewed 694 previous studies on booze. Their study revealed alcohol is responsible for than 2 million deaths across the globe.
Cambridge University researchers found that drinking 10 glasses of wine a week could cut two years off lifespan. Research by Vanderbilt University in Tennessee said under-45s who binge on four or more drinks in a single night suffer from raised blood pressure, high blood sugar and higher cholesterol. Scientists at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland found two glasses of wine in one sitting can reduce the quality of sleep. Lower alcohol intake damages sleep by around 10 per cent.
Research by the University of Illinois, claimed drinking more than the recommended amount can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the brain’s ability to clean itself of toxic proteins which build up and kill off nerve cells in the organ. Researchers at the Universite Paris-Saclay in France found middle-aged people who drink the equivalent of a medium glass of wine (175ml) a day are at risk of developing dementia.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee found bingeing on four or more drinks in a night raises blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels, which increase heart disease and stroke. Experts from the University of Washington said there is no safe amount of alcohol to drink, after they reviewed 694 previous studies on booze. Their study revealed alcohol is responsible for 2.8 million deaths worldwide.