By Huang YiFeng
Abstract
With the vigorous development of modern wine-making technology, the types of wine have become more and more, and the quality of wine is constantly improving. In contemporary times, people like to drink a lot of smoke, but there are not a few people who drink alcohol, many people even obsessed with drinking alcohol poisoning. In this survey, the advantages and disadvantages of alcohol to human health will be analyzed. Finally, it is concluded that moderate drinking is beneficial to human health, and excessive drinking is harmful to human health.
Thesis
In this paper, the scientific method is generally adopted, and my hypothesis is first made that moderate drinking is beneficial to human health and excessive drinking is harmful to human health. Using this hypothesis, I asked three questions: Which regions and countries drink the most alcohol? What harm does alcohol do to the human health, and does it cause corresponding diseases? Is moderate drinking good for your health? Then, with the help of the information found on Google Academic, the paper under this research background is analyzed to a certain extent. Due to the lack of relevant population samples, investigation conditions and relevant investigation time, the research can only be carried out on the literature related investigation information. Finally, the author compares and validates his previous hypotheses, and draws the final conclusion through reflection and discussion.
Introduction
In the contemporary era, with the gradual maturity of the wine industry, wine more and more frequent into the public vision, more and more people love to drink, alcohol has gradually become a part of people’s live.
In addition, due to the continuous improvement of the quality of wine with the development of wine technology, coupled with the hype of all kinds of alcohol advertising, wine has become more and more attractive to people, many people find it difficult to control the desire to drink, excessive drinking and eventually alcoholism.
So, what does alcohol do to your health? Out of my personal interest, I want to try to understand and research this topic. There's been a lot of research on this topic, and we can draw some specific conclusions through the research. Of course, I will also draw corresponding conclusions through personal analysis.
Literature Review
Several literatures are cited in this paper, such as the World Health Association's research on alcohol and human health, the drinking characteristics of adults in different parts of the world and the survey statistics of university students' drinking in South Africa.
After comparison, it is found that although the research method of this survey is different from that of the literature, the research direction is roughly similar, and there are no outstanding innovation points, which cannot make great contributions to the research in this field.
Results
Which regions and countries drink the most alcohol?
From this 2000 survey table1, we can learn about alcohol consumption in different parts of the world. From this table, we can find that Russia and Ukraine occupy the highest alcohol consumption, while they also occupy the highest proportion of heavy drinkers and high per capita alcohol consumption. This is followed by the United States and Canada, which also have the same amount of alcohol consumption and drinking population as these two countries. In addition, we also found that the proportion of alcohol drinkers in these four countries is quite large for both men and women, which may also be the reason for the high consumption of alcohol. All in all, people in Eastern Europe, North Asia and North America are also very enthusiastic about drinking.
What harm does alcohol do to the human health, and does it cause corresponding diseases?
From the literature2, as well as the charts, we can learn that alcohol use has an impact on the health of women and children. Alcohol and drug use increases the risk of fetal exposure to alcohol due to delayed identification of pregnancy, which may continue to have a negative impact on the newborn. In addition, alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been identified as a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, premature birth, intrauterine growth retardation, and low birth weight, and can contribute to a range of lifelong conditions known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
In addition, alcohol can also cause infectious diseases. For example, alcohol consumption has been shown to increase the risk of HIV/AIDS infection due to increased risk of transmission (due to increased risk of unprotected sex), as well as increased risk of infection and subsequent mortality from tuberculosis and lower respiratory infections by suppressing multiple immune responses.
Of course, alcohol also causes non-communicable diseases such as liver disease. The causal relationship between alcohol consumption and liver disease is well established, and absence of alcohol has been shown to cause liver cell damage through mechanisms related to ethanol metabolism and malnutrition. Alcohol is one of the most common causes of liver disease; Subtypes of alcohol-related liver disease include alcoholic hepatitis, steatosis, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. Acute alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis are associated with a high mortality rate (up to 50% for acute alcoholic hepatitis), and the median survival time for patients with advanced cirrhosis can be as low as 1-2 years.
To sum up, alcoholism does cause harm to people's health, and of course it can also cause corresponding diseases.
Is moderate drinking good for your health?
Moderate alcohol consumption (5-10 gallons per day) has been shown to reduce mortality from heart attack and coronary heart disease3; however, regular alcohol consumption should not exceed one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. Moderate alcohol can increase the subcomponent of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, thus playing a protective role in cardiovascular. For example, the typical traditional Mediterranean diet includes moderate alcohol consumption with meals, which is associated with reduced cardiovascular risk, and the South African government has also concluded that "traditional beer consumption appears to protect against iron deficiency in those at risk, but appears to overload those at risk." It can be seen that moderate drinking is indeed beneficial to people's health.
Discussion
Although the results of the study were roughly consistent with the collected literature and data, further verification could not be carried out due to the lack of sample size and the shortage of investigation time. In addition, due to the busy and complicated process of data collection, the arguments in some articles are different from those in this paper, which cannot provide perfect experimental data for this paper, which is not conducive to further research. Therefore, while the survey's conclusions are well in line with expectations, there are still some limitations.
Conclusion
As originally hypothesized, moderate alcohol consumption is beneficial to people's health, it reduces the death rate of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease, protects the cardiovascular system, and provides iron supplements, while excessive alcohol consumption is harmful to people's health, including but not limited to infectious diseases, such as AIDS, non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular disease.
Reference
“Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018.” Google Books, World Health Organization, 2008
books.google.com/books?hl=zh-CN&lr=&id=qnOyDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=info%3AuVQyOPbFE4oJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F&ots=a2mnQCskht&sig=4WG6WR1cerTK7so7xtZ3iPO95y4#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Kloner, Robert A, and Shereif H Rezkalla. “To Drink or Not to Drink? That Is the Question | Circulation.” To Drink or Not to Drink?That Is the Question, 2007
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