A recent study has found that cutting back on or quitting alcohol early enough may help slow, halt, or even reverse some of the harm caused by drinking.
Published in the journal Addiction, the research drew on global disease classifications, previous studies on alcohol’s effects, and existing evidence about the reversibility of alcohol-related damage.
The study indicates that over 60 diseases and injuries are entirely attributable to alcohol consumption, especially heavy drinking.
These include alcoholic cardiomyopathy, liver conditions like cirrhosis, and fetal alcohol syndrome.
Alcohol also raises the risk of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, and other STIs by impairing liver function and weakening the immune system
Jürgen Rehm, a senior scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research in Toronto, explained that without alcohol use, these conditions would not exist.
“These conditions are 100% alcohol attributable, meaning these diseases would not even exist in the world without alcohol use,” he said.
However, he noted that other illnesses, like breast cancer, other cancers, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and dementia, can occur without alcohol, though drinking still contributes significantly to many cases.…Keep reading the full & the viral video now.
