How Does Binge Drinking Early in Life (Age 35 and Under) Impact Longevity/health Later in Life?
Question by Chad Marsh: How does binge drinking early in life (age 35 and under) impact longevity/health later in life?
Here’s the scenario – I drank fairly heavily from age 21 to 35. Specifically, I almost always had at least two drinks a day, most weeks I would have five or more drinks on at least one – and often two, three, or four occasions, and once or twice a month or so I would exceed 10 drinks. While the term “alcoholic” might accurately be applied to me, I never experienced any sort of physical withdrawal other than morning-after hangovers and shaky hands. Since then, I’ve quit drinking completely, eat well, exercise daily, and consider myself to be in above average health. I don’t feel as if my 14 years of drinking damaged my health in any way, but I can find very little information on the long-term health of heavy drinkers who quit drinking young. Having a lot of people in my family who stay healthy well into their 90s, I’m particularly interested in how heavy drinking at an early age followed by abstinence later on impacts one’s chances of living well beyond the average life expectancy
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Answer by HuoXingC
I think binge drinking at any age impacts longevity and health, because its all about all those harmful things in your system that “add up” and eventually cause problems. Its just like if you eat microwaved food everyday, your chances of getting a cancer is increasingly higher.
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