{"id":3302,"date":"2022-07-20T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/bombshell-alcohol-study-finds-only-risks-zero-benefits-for-anyone-under-the-age-of-40\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:45:30","slug":"bombshell-alcohol-study-finds-only-risks-zero-benefits-for-anyone-under-the-age-of-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/bombshell-alcohol-study-finds-only-risks-zero-benefits-for-anyone-under-the-age-of-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombshell alcohol study finds only risks, zero benefits for anyone under the age of 40!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CHLOE TAYLOR<\/strong><\/a>, July 16, 2022 <\/p>\n

People under the age of 40 start risking their health if they consume any more than two teaspoons of wine or two and a half tablespoons of beer per day, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n

The analysis\u2014part of the wider Global Burden of Disease<\/em> study\u2014was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published in published in The Lancet medical journal<\/em>medical journal<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It found that for young adults between the ages of 15 and 39, there were zero health benefits\u2014only risks\u2014associated with drinking alcohol.<\/p>\n

Researchers said that for people aged between 15 and 39, the recommended amount of alcohol that could be consumed before risking their health was \u201ca little more than one-tenth of a standard drink.\u201d<\/p>\n

They defined a standard drink as 3.4 fluid ounces of red wine or 12 fluid ounces of beer.<\/p>\n

By this definition, the study\u2019s findings suggested that alcohol stops being \u201csafe\u201d to consume for under-40s after around two teaspoons of red wine or two and a half tablespoons of beer.<\/p>\n

The Global Burden of Disease<\/em> study is massive in scope. It has been ongoing since 1990 and uses data from 204 countries and territories, and is described in the Lancet <\/em>as “the most comprehensive effort to date to understand the changing health challenges around the world.<\/p>\n

The study echoes findings from some earlier studies that have suggested there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.<\/p>\n

Last year, an Oxford University study<\/a> of more than 25,000 people found that there was \u201cno safe dose of alcohol\u201d when it came to brain health.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur message is simple: Young people should not drink\u2026\u201d Dr. Emmanuela Gakidou<\/p>\n

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