The Irish are known for the their love of pub life and alcohol, which explains somewhat of why they are perceived as experts when it comes to alcoholic beverages. That’s probably why this video is so interesting, it shows what Irish people really think of those “weird” American cocktails.
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Australian Men Urged to Stop Drinking to Support Pregnant Partners
Remember alcohol consumption during pregnancy is not safe. In fact now Australian men are being urged to forgo alcohol while their partners are pregnant to show their support.
Australian women have been warned that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption that can prevent foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, so it’s best to forgo alcohol completely when pregnant.
On Friday was International FASD Awareness Day and to show their support, men are being urged to give up alcohol to support mums-to-be.
Some alarming figures revealed that one in four Australian women drank alcohol while pregnant despite the warnings.
If men join in with the abstinence, maybe their partners will be more willing to abstain.
Read more at https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/aussie-men-urged-to-forgo-alcohol-to-support-pregnant-spouse-ng-b88594259z
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Claims Alcohol Warning System Inadequate
Do you think the warning labels on alcohol bottles are an effective deterrent to young people? Do you even notice these labels?
Well some arguments have been raised about whether the warning labels are effective at all following a study by researchers at Victoria’s Deakin University.
A recent article on Smh.com.au discussed the call for changes to alcohol warning systems which findings suggest are currently inadequate.
According to the Australian study headed by Deakin University’s Professor Peter Miller, warnings on alcoholic drinks do little to alter the behaviour of young drinkers.
While this is something we may all have assumed in the past, the study proves what some have long thought to be true.
The findings reveal that the current, optional warning system, overseen by DrinkWise, the industry-funded body was not effective. Professor Miller highlighted that this should not be something overseen by the alcohol industry itself but the government, whose responsibility it is to ensure the rights of the public.
Professor Miller explained,
“We need to be sure, as consumers, that our government are the people that are looking after our rights. We can’t trust the alcohol industry to supply us with information about alcohol. It’s as idiotic as doing it with tobacco,”
Geoff Munro, from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation called for action, saying that something needs to be done to address the societal harm linked to alcohol such as assaults, family violence and drink driving.
“Alcohol is a major health problem for Australian society. It does enormous damage,” he said. “It is responsible for 5,500 deaths each year and alcohol puts 170,000 Australians into hospital each year for either acute or chronic problems.
The study involved 40 Deakin University students aged between 18 and 25. Researchers showed them images of the warnings and the alcohol labelling with the warnings present. The students themselves labelled the warnings as “ineffective” and even questioned whether DrinkWise was decreasing the visibility of the labels on purpose.
For more visit http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/study-sparks-call-to-change-alcohol-warning-system-20170903-gy9wx6.html
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The Average Australian Drinks Five Beers a Week
According to a recent post on Finder.com.au, which analysed data from the ABS, released at the start of the month, alcohol consumption is up for the first time in nine years among Australians.
The average person over the age of 15 is drinking 9.7 litres of pure alcohol as of 2016. This equates to 5 beers, a bottle wine, 3 mixed drinks and half a cider a week, per person.
Finder.com.au went on to attribute this rise in drinking to our “unaffordable housing market”. A money expert from the site, Bessie Hassan explained that as property prices rise, home ownership becomes increasingly more out of reach for some Australians. They are now turning to smaller lifestyle luxuries like traveling, experiences and nights out drinking.
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Can Drinking Help You Live Longer and Avoid Dementia
According to a study by the University of California spanning 30 years people over the age of 65 that drink up to 3 alcoholic drinks daily can live longer and avoid dementia.
Researchers claim that moderate to heavy drinkers are more likely to live to the age of 85 without dementia or other cognitive impairments than non-drinkers.
This study comes after news that Queen Elizabeth II drink four alcoholic beverages a day.
Researchers were careful to warn drinkers that excessive alcohol intake can actually cause alcohol-related dementia.
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Cereal Cocktails Are a Thing Now
A restaurant in Arizona has a hit on their hands with their new ‘cereal cocktails’. Not sure if its something that will take off worldwide and make it to our shores soon, but if you really love cereal, you could try to make it for yourself.
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Irish People Try The World’s Strongest Cocktails
The Irish are known have their love of having a good time and usually that includes a few drinks. However we usually associate Irish drinkers to Guinness or something similar, so watching them drink the world’s strongest cocktails should be an interesting experiment.
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Shocking Number of People Dying from Alcohol Abuse
New research reveals that tens of thousands of people in England are dying from the effects of alcohol abuse. Heavy drinking now will lead to problems like liver failure and in the next five years, almost 63,000 people will die from similar effects.
Experts have called on the British government to crack down on alcohol advertising and pricing, to avoid thousands of deaths between 2017 and 2022.
The findings came out of Sheffield University’s Alcohol Research Group who also discovered that treatment for misuse will cost the government £16.74 billion within the same time frame.
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Is Alcohol Altering Your Personality?
While we know alcohol has a way of making us more outgoing, are we aware of how much our own personalities change when we drink?
According to a study by a team of psychologists from Missouri, we see ourselves differently when drunk to how others see us.
The study examined the behaviour of 156 participants before and after drinking, with half of the group being given alcohol and the other half given a non-alcohol drink.
Participants were questioned on what they thought their personality traits were when they were intoxicated as compared to when they were sober and according to researchers the most surprising revelation was that people’s personalities didn’t change as much as they thought.
Find out more https://particle.scitech.org.au/people/personality-change-drink/