Seventy-four percent (74%) to 85% of alcoholics were found to be sober and emotionally stable 3.5 years after going through the Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA founded by Joan Mathews Larson PhD who treats drug and alcohol problems as well as anxiety and depression with a nutritional approach.

This compares to about a 5% success with “Talk Therapy” based programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

Compared to those who drink 0 to 3.5 ounces of alcohol per week (0-100 grams), those who drink 3.5 to 7 ounces of alcohol per week (100-200 grams) had a lower life expectancy at age 40 of approximately 6 months according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Compared to those who drink 0 to 3.5 ounces of alcohol per week (0-100 grams), those who drink 7 to 12.5 ounces of alcohol per week (200-350 grams) had a lower life expectancy at age 40 of approximately 1-2 years according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Compared to those who drink 0 to 3.5 ounces of alcohol per week (0-100 grams), those who drink more than 12.5 ounces of alcohol per week (more than 350 grams) had a lower life expectancy at age 40 of approximately 4-5 years according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Every 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of alcohol per week increases risk of stroke by 14% according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Every 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of alcohol per week increases risk of coronary disease excluding heart attack by 6% according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Every 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of alcohol per week increases risk of fatal hypertensive disease by 24% according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Every 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of alcohol per week increases risk of fatal hypertensive disease by 24% according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.

Postmenopausal women who consume alcohol were 35% less likely to become overweight over the next seven years compared to postmenopausal women according to a study looking at 15,920 normal-weight, postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Trial.

Postmenopausal women who consume alcohol were 88% less likely to become obese (BMI of 30 or more) over the next seven years compared to postmenopausal women according to a study looking at 15,920 normal-weight, postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Trial.

"When you add sugar to processed food, you kill it, and it's killing us" says Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2). Read the entire article | Email this article

"If you look at the diseases of alcohol, and you look at the diseases of sugar and obesity, they are the same," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2). Read the entire article | Email this article

"Alcohol is metabolized to fat, and so is fructose, driving more liver fat then it can export, you get more insulin resistance, which drives the pancreas to make extra insulin, driving energy deposition into fat cells [increasing body fat], driving your weight gain, and the extra insulin is driving high blood pressure, driving heart disease, driving cell division which leads to cancer, driving changes in the brain that lead to dementia. Driving every single one of these diseases," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).

"When the pancreas can't make enough insulin, and it burns out, it drives diabetes as well."