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Chiron Hospital Murcia begins a campaign to influence the importance of moderate alcohol consumption

Chiron Hospital Murcia and Traffic Unit will attend the Fair in September with the aim of promoting moderate consumption of alcohol among citizens over 18 years.

According to data recorded by the Regional Observatory on Drugs, "the drug most used by young people in the Region of Murcia alcohol, followed by snuff. A fact that also is linked to increased motor vehicle accidents associated with the state of drunk drivers. "

According to Dr. Fulgencio Molina, chief of emergency Murcia Chiron, "during the holidays increases the ER resulting from excessive intake of alcohol. The most common reasons are injuries from falls, assaults, traffic accidents and also acute alcohol intoxication ".

Carolina Perez Chiron nutritionist Murcia, explains that "alcohol is the main content in alcoholic beverages such as wine (about 13%), beer (5%), spirits (up to 50%) or spirits (up to 70%).'re drinks with a high calorific value, namely 7 kilocalories per gram ingested and metabolized. Besides psychosomatic consequences of its consumption, alcohol intake does not provide any nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fiber ... ) to our diet, we say that the calories from alcohol are empty calories. "

According to the specialist says, "Many times, when you start to improve our eating habits, we miss the food that drink, taking too much control and not always healthy, the calories of the foods we eat."

However, sometimes there is the paradox that "the calories we can remove from our daily diet the recover on a night out and friends."

For his part, Dr. Juan Carlos Rueda, coordinator of the Smoking Cessation Unit Chiron Murcia, states that "snuff consumption is increasingly widespread among our youth, reaching to 30% of the total population over 15 years. At these parties, snuff consumption soars, like alcohol consumption, assuming an addictive mixture of habitual behavior disinhibition in interpersonal relationships. "

For those who do not smoke or who are leaving, "it is important to be true to ourselves and not give in to unhealthy impulses and actually we do not want."

Therefore, Chiron Murcia specialists recommend, especially young people, enjoy a healthy Fair "making responsible consumption of alcohol.'s Important not to drive under the influence of alcohol and prevent a drunk friend take the car. It is also advisable to drink much water as alcohol, which prevents dehydration and reduces the hangover ".

Source: Hospital Quirón Murcia