An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol. Ethanol is a drug, and depressant, and even though alcohol is a legal drug in most parts of the world, many societies regulate or restrict the sale and use of it.
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages, is almost always produced by fermentation - the metabolism of carbohydrates by certain species of yeast in the absence of oxygen. The process of culturing yeast under alcohol-producing conditions is referred to as brewing.
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CancerConsultants: Beer and Alcohol Spirits Increase Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia - A study reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology reports that heavy consumption of spirits and beer may cause an increased risk of colorectal cancer, whereas moderate consumption of beverage alcohol of all kinds, as well as heavy consumption of wine, is associated with a lower risk.
Daily News Central: Experts Tangle Over Cardio Benefit of Light Drinking - An article in The Lancet by a professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, criticizes recent studies on the cardioprotective effect of wine consumption as flawed. Other experts defend the conclusions of this research.
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Eurekalert: Light-to-Moderate Drinking Appears to Have Little Effect on the Risk for Breast Cancer - A new study in 'Alcoholism: Clinical Experimental Research' confirms that heavy drinking increases risk for breast cancer, but that light to moderate drinking appears to have little effect on a woman's risk for breast cancer.
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Forbes.com: Only Moderate Drinking Wards Off Stroke - A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine links higher consumption of alcoholic beverages among men to an increased risk of ischemic stroke. Moderate consumption, and consumption of red wine resulted in a lower stroke risk.
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latimes.com: Study Puts a Cork in Belief That a Little Wine Helps the Heart - A review published online in the journal Addiction Research and Theory examined 54 studies of the health effects of drinking, and throws doubt on the conclusion that moderate drinking has beneficial health effects. This mainly is due to how abstainers are accounted for in those studies.
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