Canada:  New Food Guide addresses ‘elephant’ in the room: the dangers of alcohol

Canada:  New Food Guide addresses ‘elephant’ in the room: the dangers of alcohol CTV News By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press January 24, 2019 A move by Ottawa to use Canada’s food guide to drill home the dangers of chronic alcohol use caught some nutrition and addiction experts by surprise, but they welcomed the tougher […]

Scientists calculate exactly how much drinking alcohol really costs you

Scientists calculate exactly how much drinking alcohol really costs you Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/ Ben Weich January 27, 2019 Alcohol costs much more than we think, according scientists who have calculated that each bottle of wine drunk per week may amount to £2,400 a year in hidden costs. Researchers from Cardiff University and Oxford reached the shocking conclusion […]

‘Hangxiety’: why alcohol gives you a hangover and anxiety

‘Hangxiety’: why alcohol gives you a hangover and anxiety A few drinks can relax you – but, says scientist David Nutt, that morning-after feeling is the booze playing tricks with your brain Source: https://www.theguardian.com/ Amy Fleming 27 Jan 2019 If you are looking forward to your first stiff drink after a dry January, be warned: it […]