TY - CHAP
T1 - What Is Best for the Patient
T2 - Abstinence or Moderate Alcohol Consumption?
AU - Wilson, Ted
AU - Temple, Norman J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The widespread consumption of alcoholic beverages and their potentially conflicting health impacts makes a discussion of this topic vitally important for physicians. Alcohol (ethanol) consumption in large quantities is strongly linked to dramatic negative health consequences. The acute effects of alcohol consumption on behavior, motor function, and health risks are plainly observed in an emergency room on a Saturday night. The long-term effects of moderate consumption—years rather than hours—are much less clinically obvious. The biological effects of a drink are mostly related to its alcohol content, alcohol metabolites, and the other substances found in alcoholic beverages (i.e., sugars and polyphenolic compounds). While the health effects of alcohol consumption is the topic of countless reviews, this chapter focuses on issues related to recommendations that physicians may give to their patients.
AB - The widespread consumption of alcoholic beverages and their potentially conflicting health impacts makes a discussion of this topic vitally important for physicians. Alcohol (ethanol) consumption in large quantities is strongly linked to dramatic negative health consequences. The acute effects of alcohol consumption on behavior, motor function, and health risks are plainly observed in an emergency room on a Saturday night. The long-term effects of moderate consumption—years rather than hours—are much less clinically obvious. The biological effects of a drink are mostly related to its alcohol content, alcohol metabolites, and the other substances found in alcoholic beverages (i.e., sugars and polyphenolic compounds). While the health effects of alcohol consumption is the topic of countless reviews, this chapter focuses on issues related to recommendations that physicians may give to their patients.
KW - Alcohol drinking
KW - Alcohol-related disorders
KW - Coronary heart disease
KW - Mortality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85212980630&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-49929-1_22
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-49929-1_22
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85212980630
T3 - Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom)
SP - 223
EP - 228
BT - Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom)
ER -
