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Guest: Timothy B. Sullivan Doctor of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine Northwell Health
Michael Olson Food Chain Radio – Alcohol for the Body and Mind?
In 2004, archeologists from the University of Pennsylvania made a discovery worthy of a celebratory toast.
Their chemical analysis of pottery fragments from a prehistoric village in northern China indicated that people who lived in the village 8 to 9,000 years ago were making wine from rice, honey and fruit.
Folks must have enjoyed what they were making, because today, the are still making and drinking alcohol. And for the past few decades, they have been told by scientific studies that its okay to drink alcohol in moderation. In fact, some studies say drinking alcohol in moderation can help you live longer, and have a lower risk of heart disease, than those who abstain.
But we wonder…
Leave a comment below: Does alcohol do the body and mind good?
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I think it depends on the person. I was the only one in my chemical dependency-family therapy counselors group who wasn’t a recovering alcoholic or drug addict. Neither one of my parents was an alcoholic. My mother was a bartender and would make me a drink as a teenager if I wanted to see what something tasted like. So, when the kids I ran around with wanted to get a six pack and drive around, my response was, why? Forbidden fruit? My limit has always been 2 drinks, though I usually have only one, if I want any that day. I drink red wine with Italian food or steak and white with fish or poultry. An amber bock beer once a month when my husband and I go to our favorite restaurant. Those are just beverages for me. I drink scotch on the rocks when in the mood for a drink, just by itself.
My labs show a perfectly healthy liver. And I am 76. I suspect that my ancestry had something to do with alcohol consumption, just like milk tolerance. In Saxony, Germany and Scotland people were used to drinking both. Milk doesn’t bother me the way it does some people, and I suspect the same holds true for alcohol. My first husband was half Cherokee. I can tell you that red man did not handle fire water worth a damn! And he died at 42. Both of his parents were alcoholics. He had an 80% chance of becoming an alcoholic.
Almost every culture on Earth made alcohol in some form from grain or fruit, even indigenous people. An interesting subject.