白領週末夜店海量飲酒竟可致死

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Are you one of the many who try not to drink alcohol during the week, but save it for the weekend? No doubt you think it helps you function better — surely it’s also healthier than drinking daily. After all, some experts say alcohol-free days are as important as sticking to the weekly daily recommended limits. But the bad news for weekend drinkers is you could actually be doing yourself more harm than good.
　　還在尋思着週末哪夜店泡吧去麼？還在籌劃着哪家夜店的酒最好喝麼？憋着一週每天神經緊張兮兮工作的白領們如今真的要“三思而後行”了，因爲有專家發現，平日工作時間“滴酒不沾”，憋着、忍着爲了週末放鬆和朋友豪飲的白領們有可能會面臨心臟病突發猝死的危險。專家建議，與其週末暢飲個痛快，還不如了爲了身體健康每日適當小酌，這樣紅酒對身體的益處才能充分發揮，讓平日工作精力百倍啊。

That’s the suggestion from a controversial study recently published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers at Toulouse University in France compared the drinking habits of middle-aged men in three towns in France with Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Frenchmen drank much more overall — about 30 units a week — but the Ulstermen, who drank around 22 units a week, were twice as likely either to have a heart attack or die from one. But that’s because the French diet is so much healthier, you think. In fact, the Frenchmen in the study had higher blood pressure, more of them had diabetes and both groups had the same cholesterol levels. The significant difference, say the researchers, was that the French drank little and often throughout the week, which seemed to protect their hearts.

這項研究發表在《英國醫學期刊》上，來自法國圖盧茲大學的研究員對比在法國小鎮以及北愛爾蘭的中年男子的飲酒習慣時發現，法國人飲酒量比北愛爾蘭人每週飲酒量稍稍高8個單位。法國人平均每週飲酒30單位，而北愛爾蘭烏爾斯特人每週飲酒量爲22個單位。兩組人羣都不同程度地有患上心臟病而猝死的危險，另外也有高血壓、糖尿病等危險。但是由於法國人每週從週一到週五平日都有少量的飲酒，這種習慣卻有助於保護他們的心臟免受傷害。

Meanwhile, the Ulstermen downed most of their weekly total in a couple of days at the weekend — they were effectively binge-drinking. For most of us, bingeing conjures up images of staggering out of a night club at 2am, your stomach awash with 30-plus units of vodka and beer. What many people don’t realise is that officially you are ‘bingeing’ if you have twice your daily allowance in the course of one day.

與此相對應，北愛爾蘭烏爾斯特人的飲酒時間大多放在週末，時間比較集中。這種”週末放鬆豪飲“的飲酒方式遭到專家們的強烈反對，因爲把飲酒時間放在凌晨2點，是對身體傷害極大地。這段時間人身體的腸胃需要休息，但是深夜飲酒人的腸胃還要“平白無故”承受大量的伏爾加以及啤酒。許多人對“豪飲”的定義不瞭解，專家解釋說，其實豪飲的定義就是比平日飲酒要大，具體數量是平日飲酒的兩倍。這樣的飲酒方式不被專家看好和提倡。

For women, the recommended safe daily intake is three units — about one-and-a-half glasses of wine. So drink three or four glasses a night and you’re a binger.

飲酒不是男人的專利，對於女性來說，最安全的飲酒量爲每日一杯倒一杯半的紅酒。以此類推，女性倘若每日這樣飲酒，那麼週末喝3到4杯紅酒就屬於豪飲了，會極大傷害你的身體。