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Title

Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on health

Publication type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2000

Authors

Muller, M.J., Tisch, M., Teyssen, S., Wiesbeck, G.A., Keil, U.

Journal

Medizinische Welt

Volume

Issue

Pagination

264 - 269

Date published

2000

ISBN

00258512 (ISSN)

Keywords

alcohol, alcohol consumption, Alcohol dependency, Alcoholic liver diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, gastrointestinal disease, Gastrointestinal diseases, head and neck cancer, health, health hazard, health promotion, human, mortality, Pancreatitis, review

Abstract

Evidence from epidemiologic studies suggests that moderate alcohol consumption (i.e. up to 30 or 15g per day for men and women, respectively) reduces cardiovascular mortality. By contrast clinical and case control studies show that alcohol intake above 30 and 20g/day, respectively, increases the risk of various head and neck cancers as well as several gastroenterological diseases. Considering the possible health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption one has to take into account possible hazards of problematic drinking. There is a continuous transition from moderate to problematic drinking. At present one cannot recommend moderate drinking as health promoting.

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