白领周末夜店海量饮酒竟可致死
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.
还在寻思着周末哪夜店泡吧去么？还在筹划着哪家夜店的酒最好喝么？憋着一周每天神经紧张兮兮工作的白领们如今真的要“三思而后行”了，因为有专家发现，平日工作时间“滴酒不沾”，憋着、忍着为了周末放松和朋友豪饮的白领们有可能会面临心脏病突发猝死的危险。专家建议，与其周末畅饮个痛快，还不如了为了身体健康每日适当小酌，这样红酒对身体的益处才能充分发挥，让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.
这项研究发表在《英国医学期刊》上，来自法国图卢兹大学的研究员对比在法国小镇以及北爱尔兰的中年男子的饮酒习惯时发现，法国人饮酒量比北爱尔兰人每周饮酒量稍稍高8个单位。法国人平均每周饮酒30单位，而北爱尔兰乌尔斯特人每周饮酒量为22个单位。两组人群都不同程度地有患上心脏病而猝死的危险，另外也有高血压、糖尿病等危险。但是由于法国人每周从周一到周五平日都有少量的饮酒，这种习惯却有助于保护他们的心脏免受伤害。
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.
与此相对应，北爱尔兰乌尔斯特人的饮酒时间大多放在周末，时间比较集中。这种”周末放松豪饮“的饮酒方式遭到专家们的强烈反对，因为把饮酒时间放在凌晨2点，是对身体伤害极大地。这段时间人身体的肠胃需要休息，但是深夜饮酒人的肠胃还要“平白无故”承受大量的伏尔加以及啤酒。许多人对“豪饮”的定义不了解，专家解释说，其实豪饮的定义就是比平日饮酒要大，具体数量是平日饮酒的两倍。这样的饮酒方式不被专家看好和提倡。
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.
饮酒不是男人的专利，对于女性来说，最安全的饮酒量为每日一杯倒一杯半的红酒。以此类推，女性倘若每日这样饮酒，那么周末喝3到4杯红酒就属于豪饮了，会极大伤害你的身体。
