Minister of Health Ulyana Suprun on her Facebook page dispelled the myth of a safe dose of alcohol. According to her, recently one of the most authoritative medical magazines The Lancet published the results of the study of the influence of alcohol on human health of scientists of the international collaboration Global Burden of Diseases.

"Regardless of the quantity, drinking alcohol leads to loss of health and life," emphasized Suprun.

She specified that the scientists conducted a large-scale study: analyzed data from 1990 to 2016, from 195 countries and territories, for people aged 15 to 95 years. The study covered 28 million people.

"Alcohol is the main cause of death and disability for people aged 15-49, and the seventh reason for all age groups in the world," said Suprun.

According to her, the main causes of death caused by alcohol include: cardiovascular diseases, various types of cancer (breast, liver, intestines), liver cirrhosis, infectious diseases, accidents, injuries.

The largest values ??of the average alcohol consumption among women are registered in Ukraine - 4.2 doses per day (1 dose is 10 grams of ethyl alcohol), for men in Romania - 8.2 doses, for Ukrainian men - the fifth place and 7.0 doses for day respectively.

"The results of the study contradict many of the recommendations regarding the health benefits of alcohol consumption in moderate doses.

The fact that the minimum consumption of alcohol slightly reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease does not cover its harm from other diseases in the long run. That is, all the possible positive effects, which contains alcohol, in the end, overlap with its harmful properties, "- said Suprun.

Recall, China - the country with the highest in the world mortality from alcohol abuse.

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