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  2. Is your drinking healthy? 3 charts break down the connection ...

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    According to the then-surgeon general's report, a woman who has two drinks a day faces a nearly 22% chance of developing an alcohol-related cancer, compared with a 16.5% risk for a woman drinking ...

  3. Alcoholic liver disease - Wikipedia

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    Risk factors known as of 2010 are: Quantity of alcohol taken: Consumption of 60–80 g per day (14 g is considered one standard drink in the US, e.g. 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 US fl oz or 44 mL hard liquor, 5 US fl oz or 150 mL wine, 12 US fl oz or 350 mL beer; drinking a six-pack of 5% ABV beer daily would be 84 g and just over the upper limit) for 20 years or more in men, or 20 g/day for women ...

  4. Alcohol and cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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    The American Heart Association states that people who are currently non-drinkers should not start drinking alcohol. [ 4 ] Excessive alcohol intake is associated with an elevated risk of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), heart failure , some cancers , and accidental injury, and is a leading cause of preventable death in industrialized countries. [ 5 ]

  5. Long-term effects of alcohol - Wikipedia

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    The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...

  6. List of cholesterol in foods - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol is a sterol, a steroid-like lipid made by animals, including humans.The human body makes one-eighth to one-fourth teaspoons of pure cholesterol daily. A cholesterol level of 5.5 millimoles per litre or below is recommended for an adult.

  7. AST/ALT ratio - Wikipedia

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    The proportion of AST to ALT in hepatocytes is about 2.5:1, but because AST is removed from serum by the liver sinusoidal cells twice as quickly (serum half-life t 1/2 = 18 hr) compared to ALT (t 1/2 = 36 hr), so the resulting serum levels of AST and ALT are about equal in healthy individuals, resulting in a normal AST/ALT ratio around 1.

  8. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol expectations are beliefs and attitudes that people have about the effects they will experience when drinking alcoholic beverages. Alcohol expectancy theory posits that drinking behaviors are driven by these expectations, and the individual may be motivated to drink to obtain desired alcohol effects or, alternatively, motivated to ...

  9. List of saturated fatty acids - Wikipedia

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    Toggle the table of contents. List of saturated fatty acids. 7 languages. ... Lipid Numbers Propionic acid: Propanoic acid CH 3 CH 2 COOH C3:0 Butyric acid: Butanoic acid