Canada's guidance on alcohol and health : A  paradigm shift

Herz. 2023 Dec 18. doi: 10.1007/s00059-023-05226-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlcohol is a socially accepted food and beverage and as a cultural asset is also part of religious rituals. It can be an intoxicant and an addictive substance. It is also a noxious substance as around 3 million people worldwide die every year as a result of alcohol consumption. With the publication by Zhao et al. 2023 the relationship between the quantity of alcohol consumption and mortality reached a new level and changed the recommendations of Canada's Guidance on Alcohol and Health. The J‑curve of the French paradox became a linear relationship between alcohol consumption and mortality because the review of several control groups in previous studies revealed a recruitment error from abstinent ex-drinkers. In their systematic analysis, taking this bias into account the assessment of small amounts of alcohol as a cardioprotective stimulant had to be revised. This is a paradigm shift.PMID:38108850 | DOI:10.1007/s00059-023-05226-x
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