vrijdag 8 juli 2011

Alcohol damages DNA of unborn children beyond repair, says study

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Alcohol can damage your cells and those of an unborn baby. Even worse, the DNA gets damaged so that you, but also your child can develop cancer. There is no harm in having a pint, but if you start “binge drinking” it causes a build-up of toxins which will create damage that cannot be undone. There has been speculation about alcohol causing DNA damage, but now there is direct proof. A little bit of the toxin called acetaldehyde isn’t a problem, yet if there is enough of this in the body, de defense mechanisms get overwhelmed and the toxin can get to the DNA.

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Binge drinking is bad for you, you can end up in a coma or worse, but if you survive your hobby, there is another “problem” you could to face: cancer. I didn’t know alcohol could damage DNA. Not that I drink lots of alcohol, but still. The idea of consuming large amounts of alcohol could cause cancer is frightening, even more so when there are unborn babies involved. The worst of all is that binge drinking (or “comazuipen” in Dutch) is on the rise.
But don’t worry, it’s cool, everybody will think you’re tha man (or woman) and you could die real soon or just slowly with chemos…well halle-fucking-luja…

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