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[/caption]GHN News Editor - It's that time of year approaching New Year's Eve that experts say can
be bad for your health. So what are the hazards we need to look out for
this year.
There's little difference this year because the top of the list remains alcohol and the ways it is bad for you.
According to new research New Year's is the deadliest day of the year, when more accidents involving drunk walking occur.
Newswise
quotes Trauma surgeon Dr. Thomas Esposito, a doctor who has been
involved with the problems of drunk walking with his own patients as
well as his family
Esposito says, "Alcohol impairs your
physical ability to walk and to drive," Esposito said. "It impairs your
judgment, reflexes and coordination."
Reports from the journal Injury Prevention in 2005 maintained New Year's Day as the deadliest day for pedestrians.
Than
there is the problem of the holiday drinks that with those added extras
of eggnog, rum and Coke and other sweet drinks that are fattening.
A 16-oz. cup of peppermint mocha coffee has 400 calories, according to dieticians, nearly the amount of a double cheesburger.
But
the other health risk, in addition to the problems caused by obesity
and taking in calories and the accident rate alcohol creates, is the
fact that it weakens the immune system and makes it more difficult for
the body to repair itself.
Indeed experts tell us there are many problems
caused by too much drinking and so warn the public to reduce
consumption, especially on New Years when there are already too many
people out and about who are enjoying more than their share.
Kovacs
tells us the bottom line, " the best way to prevent the damaging
effects of alcohol is to not drink in the first place. But it is very
difficult to get people to do this."
