Picture this: You have decided to lay off the booze for a while. All on your own. No gun touched your temple, not even a little. No money left your wallet to pay someone because…
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White wine and bubbles: a Hungarian passion returns
In a Budapest workshop, a shelf lined with antique glass bottles emblazoned with pre-World War II-era producer labels and topped with metal and porcelain siphon heads testifies to the long history of Hungary’s soda-making trade….
Zero tolerance: no safe level of alcohol, study says
Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year…
The 3 things that happened when I gave up alcohol for a month
by Yolisa Qunta for All4Women Blogger Yolisa Qunta has given up alcohol for the month of February – with some surprising side effects … Since I had a great year in 2016 I decided…
Wood you like a drink? Japan team invents ‘wood alcohol’
Discerning drinkers may soon be able to branch out after Japanese researchers said Tuesday they have invented a way of producing an alcoholic drink made from wood. The researchers at Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products…
Does alcohol cause PMS?
Researchers reported a link Monday between PMS and drinking alcohol, but could not conclude whether premenstrual suffering causes women to hit the bottle, or the other way round. A trawl of data from 19 studies…
Taxes key in war on ‘lifestyle’ disease: health experts
Global health leaders declared war on lifestyle diseases Thursday, decrying the impact of tobacco, alcohol and soft drinks on the world’s poor, while calling for taxes to curb consumption and finance healthcare. In half-a-dozen studies…
Overweight drinkers live longer than healthier people
A study has found that people who drink and are overweight are more likely to live longer than those who avoid booze and fatty foods. The 30-year study revealed that lighter elderly people die younger…
Parents initiating teens to drinking a bad idea: study
Parents who give their teens alcohol, even to teach them how to drink responsibly, are more likely to do harm than good, according to a six-year study in Australia, published Thursday. “Parental provision of alcohol…
Turning weed into wine in Lebanon
Sitting among the vines of Sauvignon Blanc and Tempranillo growing on his spectacular farm in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Michel Emad remembers the not-so-distant time when he opted to cultivate cannabis. The retired soldier was not…