Chapter 6: Benefits of Alcohol consumption

Question 0

Heart attack?

Answer 0

-myocardial infarction is reduced 25% in men

Question 1

Hormesis?

Answer 1

drugs that are stressful and toxic at high dosages but beneficial at low doses.

Question 2

Alcohol lowers levels of __________ and increases _______.

Answer 2

low levels of low-density cholesterol and increases high

Question 3

Type 2-Diabetes ?

Answer 3

-improved glycemic control…… two drinks a day

Question 4

Ischemic strokes?

hemorrhagic strokes?

Answer 4

caused by clots blocking arteries in the brain…alcohol reduces blood clotting and levels of low density cholesterol but does not help against hemorrhagic stroke which blood vessels rupture and bleed into the brain

Question 5

Age-Related Dementia?

Answer 5

-lowers risk of dementia (.63 ratio) and Alzheimer’s disease (0.57 risk ratio) but not vascular dementia and cognitive dementia