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Labels don’t tell us to avoid pressuring other people to drink alcohol. But there are many good reasons to avoid alcohol, not least avoiding harm to our physical and mental health. Please join the supporters. ■
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Labels don’t tell us to avoid pressuring other people to drink alcohol. But there are many good reasons to avoid alcohol, not least avoiding harm to our physical and mental health. Please join the supporters. ■
by philcain
Labels don’t tell us: Alcohol has roughly the same calorie density as cooking oil. The 25ml of alcohol in a large beer contains around 175 calories and the 20ml of alcohol in a quarter of a bottle of wine is around 150 calories, the same as a 50ml double measure of spirits. Please join the supporters. ■
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Alcohol is not useful, with all of its purported benefits achievable by other means which are not hazardous to health or well-being. Please join the supporters of Alcohol Review to help bring alcohol understanding for all. ■
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Increasing our exposure to an activity, like say playing piano, typically increases our skills in that activity, but the opposite is the case with alcohol drinking because it is an addictive psychoactive. The negative effects of exposure are greatest when we are still young and our brains are still forming. Find out more. ■
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Alcohol can cause and worsen the common mental health problems anxiety and depression. Drinking little or no alcohol may help relieve these problems. For more alcohol understanding, please join the supporters. ■
by philcain
Alcohol is useless, with all of its purported benefits achievable by other means which are not hazardous to health or well-being. To find out more, join the supporters of Alcohol Review. ■