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5. Alcohol Disrupts Your Sleep. Yes, it can feel like a nightcap helps you drift off. But alcohol can disrupt your sleep quite a bit. It can trigger insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, short sleep ...
A Gallup survey found that between 2021 and 2023, 62% of US adults aged 18 to 34 drank alcohol, down from 72% between 2001 and 2003 — a 10 percentage-point drop over two decades.
The impact of alcohol on weight-gain is contentious: some studies find no effect, [144] others find decreased [145] or increased effect on weight gain. Alcohol use increases the risk of chronic gastritis (stomach inflammation); [3] [146] it is one cause of cirrhosis, hepatitis, and pancreatitis in both its chronic and acute forms.
Since GLP-1s hit the mainstream roughly two years ago, people taking the weight-loss drugs noticed their cravings for food disappear. For some, that extended to alcohol, too. Now, the growing buzz ...
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a set of symptoms that can occur following a reduction in or cessation of alcohol use after a period of excessive use. [1] Symptoms typically include anxiety , shakiness , sweating, vomiting, fast heart rate , and a mild fever. [ 1 ]
The impact of alcohol on aging is multifaceted. Evidence shows that alcoholism or alcohol abuse can cause both accelerated (or premature ) aging – in which symptoms of aging appear earlier than normal – and exaggerated aging , in which the symptoms appear at the appropriate time but in a more exaggerated form. [ 1 ]
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The relationship between alcohol consumption and body weight is the subject of inconclusive studies. Findings of these studies range from increase in body weight to a small decrease among women who begin consuming alcohol. [1] [2] Some of these studies are conducted with numerous subjects; one involved nearly 8,000 and another 140,000 subjects.