Can part of the health damage linked to alcohol misuse in Scotland be attributable to the type of drink and its low price (by permitting a rapid rate of consumption)? A point of view

Alcohol Alcohol. 2010 Jul-Aug;45(4):398-400. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agq023. Epub 2010 May 6.

Abstract

This article considers two sets of data describing the extent of consumption of white spirit drinks by a sample of patients who abuse alcohol and the analysis of drink antioxidant content. We present a proposal for discussion that the rapid consumption of alcoholic drinks, low in protective antioxidant compounds, may potentially be more damaging to the body.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Alcoholic Beverages* / analysis
  • Alcoholic Beverages* / classification
  • Alcoholic Beverages* / economics
  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Alcoholism / physiopathology
  • Antioxidants / analysis
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scotland

Substances

  • Antioxidants