YOUR AGE IS IN YOUR HAND part -5
dr.raja Mehta
PART 5
ALCOHOL & TABACCO
IN ANY SENSE AND ANY FORM TABACCO IS NOT GOOD….
FROM COUGH TO CANCER. ALL KNOW ABOUT IT,
Here are some tips if you are smoker .
-DON’T SMOKE ---empty stomach ,causes gastritis and ulcers.
-DON’T SMOKE ---after exercise ,10 times more harmful .
-DON’T SMOKE --- with alcohol, 40 times more harmful .
-DON’T SMOKE --- after intercourse 10 times more harmful .
-DON’T SMOKE --- in closed room ,without exhaust .
-DON’T SMOKE --- if suffering from cough and cold.
-DON’T SMOKE --- when large no. of people around you .
ALCOHOL
Health benefits of moderate alcohol use
Moderate alcohol consumption MAY provide some health
benefits. It may:
Reduce your risk of developing heart disease
Reduce your risk of dying of a heart attack
Possibly reduce your risk of strokes, particularly ischemic strokes [brain
hemorrhage ]
Lower your risk of gallstones
Possibly reduce your risk of diabetes..
ADVERSE EFFECTS are well known from hepatitis
to complete liver failure.
High levels of alcohol consumption are associated
with an increased risk of alcoholism, malnutrition, chronic
pancreatitis, alcoholic
liver disease, and cancer.
Here we are concern how to consume alcohol if
you are regular drinker----
--Good Dilution ---60 ml of drink
should have minimum of 300 plus water.
--Eat Before the Event
--Stay With the Same Drink
--Stay Active While You Drink
--Avoid the "One for the Road" theory..
-- Hydrate with juice or water before and in between drinks.
--cheese and fats [if not obese] slow
down absorption of alcohol from intestine .
--milk product are good with alcohol to prevent gastritis.
--two glasses of water early morning clears toxins from liver .
--Remember ,liver can only digest 10 ml of 40 % liquor
in 1 hour .
means 60 ml of any drink requires 6 hours ,now use your own mathematics .
--moderate amount means. 60 ml/day for women and 120 ml/day for men.
CONCLUSION :- Moderate drinking and
exercise appear to slow down the health deterioration that occurs with aging,
according to a study of about 2,500 people aged 65 and older who were followed
regularly for about eight years. Those who drank and exercised regularly had
fewer difficulties with their daily activities and physical functioning.40