Experts believe we should cut alcohol down – or out – for the next few weeks.
The parties are over, the house is full of pine needles and the scales are tipping on the heavy side. While many of us threw caution to the wind when it came to counting calories over the festive period, we were also a lot more relaxed with our alcohol intake. Many experts believe we should cut it down – or out completely – in the coming weeks to give our bodies a chance to recover.
Dr Stephen Stewart, a liver specialist at the Mater hospital in Dublin, welcomes the flurry of new year’s resolutions which, he says, help people to redress the damage done to their bodies over the season.
“Most people seem to drink too much over the Christmas period,” he says. “Even those who already have cirrhosis of the liver see it as a time when regular rules do not apply and these people often end up in A&E vomiting blood and on the brink of very serious problems.
“The emergency department is always full but over the festive ‘party’ season [which can last six weeks] we are clogged up with people who are drunk and disorderly and have had accidents or become ill due to the amount they have consumed.
“So I really think a detox is important. A sustained period of alcohol consumption can reset tolerance levels and those who would have been mildly buzzing after one or two glasses of wine will now be able to drink a bottle without it having much effect, so it is vital for them to recalibrate their systems now that the festivities are over.”
Source: Arlene Harris, The Irish Times, 04/01/15
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