Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Health

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How does the risk of cancer from alcohol compare to, say, the risk of cancer from smoking or obesity or something? Nutt helps the reader self-assess the level you may be at, and gives tips and advice for how to limit your drinking, and how to talk to others about their drinking. professor David Nutt, is director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. The top 10 percent of American drinkers consume an average of 74 drinks per week, which is over 10 drinks per day. Chapters 1-5 are the "why" - chemistry and biology - and chapters 6-10 are the "how" - psychology and sociology.

a 2017 review [that] concluded that light to moderate drinking does reduce the risk of diabetes," and that report IS cited. I was unable to hear the last two or three words of each sentence which may have been valuable information. There were a number of places in the book where I questioned whether Professor Nutt's statements were opinion or fact. However, I was pleased that Professor Nutt was inclusive and did include science references to Asia and Africa along with Europe, the UK, and the USA. The author is the chief scientific officer of Alcarelle, a company trying to make a substitute for alcohol that has a similar drug effect on the brain but is not so dangerous.Definitely recommend the read, whether one is curious about their own relationship with the drug, or the issue as a general cause area for an improved society. Yet, the 9 billion pounds spent by the UK’s National Health Services and police force on alcohol-related incidents per year are barely discussed. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. If you want to cut down then definitely listen to this, having these facts will surely make you think twice about your habits.

showed that people drank lager 60 percent more slowly out of straight glasses than out of outward-curving (pilsner type) ones. I was unable to thoroughly understand what the narrator was saying; especially towards the end of his sentences. However, if you turn the GABA system on too much, it can switch off parts of the brain you don’t want switched off, for example your judgement or even your consciousness. Professor Nutt is perhaps best known as Chair of the UK Government’s Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs.Very interesting to hear about how health risks increase exponentially with overconsumption and an in depth explanation of what actually happens to the brain and its decision making capability. neuropharmacology professor David Nutt takes a fascinating, science-based look at drinking to unpack why we should reconsider our favorite pastime. Without judgement, Nutt discusses alcohol’s negative impacts such as increased violence and addiction as well as less acknowledged problems like the mental health issues that are often caused, or at the very least intertwined, with alcohol abuse. Then he goes on to say, "However bingeing is not the reason behind most cases of alcoholic hepatitis.