Casual drinking can put your long-term health at risk, according to a recent study.
Using global data from nearly 700 data sources and nearly 600 previous studies, the study concludes that all levels of alcohol consumption are harmful to a person’s health.
The study looks at alcohol-related deaths.
“The alcohol was the seventh leading cause of death among the nations -but, the first leading cause of death of the ages between 15 and 49,” says Dr. Jamile Wakim-Fleming of the Cleveland Clinic, summarizing findings from the study.
“It’s a cumulative effect. If you do it all at once, then you’re going to have effect now. If you cumulatively, you know, regularly, on a regular basis, over years it’s going to be cumulative and you end up with a problem then,” explains Dr. Wakim-Fleming, who did not participate in the research but warns potential risks of alcohol according to the results from the study.
The complete study can be found in The Lancet online. The article is titled “Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.”
