Alcohol Helps Make You Sick

I’m a positive kind of guy. I don’t like to share bad news, but this one I felt needed to be told. We all know that alcohol is a diuretic and a mild poison. As a result if you drink too much you feel like death (e.g. the dreaded hangover). But, now comes the really sad news, it seems alcohol may also make you more susceptible to sickness. A new study shows that alcohol reduces the activation of pathways in the body responsible for responding to viral and bacterial infections.  “Such a reduction would impair the body’s ability to fight off infection.”

Now for a more happy note.  The results are based on drinking the equivalent of 4-5 drinks per day for 7 days straight.  Might explain why some folks get sick when they get home from vacation.  So, on the bright side, having a Hot Toddy when you’re feeling sick probably isn’t going to make you much worse off.  Just don’t binge on them for a solid week.  Which is probably solid advice anyhow.

[Via Gizmodo]


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