{"id":17251,"date":"2024-11-26T09:09:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17251"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:23:47","slug":"high-intensity-drinking-is-worse-than-binge-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17251","title":{"rendered":"High-Intensity Drinking Is Worse Than Binge Drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And it\u2019s on the rise among middle-aged drinkers.<\/p>\n

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The holidays offer an excuse to gather with loved ones, let loose and indulge: Plates loaded with comfort foods. Unapologetic napping<\/a>. All the pie.<\/p>\n

And, for some, plenty of alcohol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But heavy drinking is not limited to the holiday season. Nor is it mainly the pastime of college students.<\/p>\n

Overall binge drinking rates are now equivalent<\/a> among young adults and those in midlife. That\u2019s because young people, especially young men, are bingeing less \u2014 while middle-aged adults are throwing back more alcohol in a single session than they previously did.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve long been warned about the risks of binge drinking, usually defined as having four or five drinks in a two-hour span. And now researchers are increasingly focused on a more dangerous pattern of alcohol use that they call high-intensity drinking<\/a>: consuming eight or more drinks in a row for women and 10 or more drinks in a row for men.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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High-intensity drinking is even riskier than binge drinking, and it\u2019s on the rise among certain segments of the population.<\/p>\n