{"id":3843,"date":"2019-04-05T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2019-04-05T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:05:47","slug":"moderate-drinking-is-not-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/moderate-drinking-is-not-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderate Drinking Is Not Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/strong>Kate Kelland, “Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy<\/a>,” Reuters<\/em>, 4 April 2019.<\/p>\n

“Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke are not true, according to the results of a major genetic study.”<\/p>\n

“The research, … , found that people who drink moderately – consuming 10 to 20 grams of alcohol a day – raise their risk of stroke by 10 to 15 percent.”<\/p>\n

“‘The key message here is that, at least for stroke, there is no protective effect of moderate drinking,’ said Zhengming Chen, a professor at Oxford University\u2019s Nuffield Department of Population Health who co-led the research. ‘The genetic evidence shows the protective effect is not real.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles–when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries<\/em>” (I Peter 4:3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Kate Kelland, “Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy,” Reuters, 4 April 2019. “Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke are not true, according to the results of a major genetic study.” “The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[371],"class_list":["post-3843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-alcohol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47813,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/study-finds-alcohol-use-is-dangerous-to-the-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":3843,"position":0},"title":"Study Finds Alcohol Use Is Dangerous to the Heart","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: European Society Of Cardiology, \"New Research Finds Drinking Alcohol More Dangerous to the Heart Than Previously Thought,\" SciTechDaily, 22 May 2022. \"Levels of alcohol consumption currently considered safe by some countries are associated with the development of heart failure, according to new research ...\" \" \"This study adds to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47748,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/flaws-found-in-moderate-drinking-studies\/","url_meta":{"origin":3843,"position":1},"title":"Flaws Found in Moderate Drinking Studies","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Alice Walton, \"Moderate Drinking May Not Be as Healthy as We Thought,\" Forbes, 2016-03-23 In reviewing past studies that seemed to indicate that moderate drinking had some health benefits, researchers found that former drinkers were being included in the categories of \"abstainers\" or \"occasional drinkers.\" The problem is the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54062,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-what-they-told-you-alcohol\/","url_meta":{"origin":3843,"position":2},"title":"Not What They Told You – Alcohol","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Galatians 5:16-24 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are many factors that led to the downfall of Israel, but one reoccurring theme was the greed of its leaders. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They were in it for the money - Isaiah 56:11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They dealt falsely for money - Jeremiah 6:13 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Everyone was after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2606,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/isnt-a-moderate-drinker-still-sober\/","url_meta":{"origin":3843,"position":3},"title":"Isn’t a moderate drinker still sober?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: To say that taking a drink of alcohol means you are not completely sober (I Thessalonians 5:6-8) is wrong. By this reasoning, a moderate eater would be condemned as a glutton (Proverbs 23:20-21). Answer: The fault in this line of reasoning is that two different things are being paralleled.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35427,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/no-safe-level-of-alcohol-consumption\/","url_meta":{"origin":3843,"position":4},"title":"No Safe Level of Alcohol Consumption","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Anya Topiwala, \"No safe level of alcohol consumption for brain health: observational cohort study of 25,378 UK Biobank participants,\" medRxiv, 12 May 2021. \"No safe dose of alcohol for the brain was found. Moderate consumption is associated with more widespread adverse effects on the brain than previously recognised. 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