Kerala Govt plans to Ban liquor

[Barakah]

Very good move by the Kerala Goverment. Thumbs up

 

[Star Wars]

Everyone accuses Kerala and Keralites as the people who has the highest per capita alcohol consumption..... And their accusation is 100% true.

When a section of society (KCBC, Sasthra sahithya parishath, to name few) fight to remove this menace, suddenly this becomes religious, and political........

Can't blame them really , everything in this country has turned into a political stunt by khangressis

 

[Icewolf]

 

[nair]

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Here comes another hero, who has a different religious view.....

 

[Icewolf]

Here comes another hero, who has a different religious view.....

What religious view? I'm just highlighting the hypocrisy in Indian minds

 

[abjktu]

Liquor ban in Gujarat has caused some people to switch to adulterated liquor (spirit). The best whisky you get there is a smuggled bottle of RS from Daman for 3-4 times the original market price. It is a sad state in that aspect, amazing to find people who approve of such a ban, which actually achieves nothing.

but its not total banning...Total banning is not possible suddenly...
Ban is only applicable to 2-3-4 star bar hotels(from 2015 April onwards)...
still we can get 'foreign liquor' from Kerala state owned bewarages corporation outlets and local toddy shops...

 

[Zarvan]

What is happening in Kerala, Why U Ban Liqour

Kerala: Partial prohibition on liquor from April 2015 - IBNLive

Thiruvananthapuram:United Democratic Front has decided to impose partial prohibition on liquor in Kerala from April 2015. Bars will be allowed only in five star hotels in Kerala.

Chief Minister Oommen chandy and Muslim league have been pushing for prohibition. Bar licences will not be issued for 418 closed bars and licences will be cancelled for remaining 312 bars.

Kerala government is planning total prohibition in the state in next 10 years.

@Indischer @Ravi Nair @arp2041 @Sam Manekshaw @Robinhood Pandey

They are finally doing something right

 

[SarthakGanguly]

What religious view? I'm just highlighting the hypocrisy in Indian minds

This is India's internal matter. We do what suits us. Your concern is touching though.

Time to save their health now

They will switch to dry drugs or spurious alcohol.

 

[Icewolf]

This is Indi's internal matter. We do what suits us. Your concern is touching though.

Apparently your people are quite torn between decisions.....

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Apparently your people are quite torn between decisions.....

Nope. Our stand is clear. Beef is kaput. Alcohol - not so much

 

[Icewolf]

Nope. Our stand is clear. Beef is kaput. Alcohol - not so much

There are tons of health benefits from eating beef, can we say the same thing about alcohol?

Only in countries like India can this happen where good is forbidden and bad is put up on a pedestal.

 

[TejasMk3]

There are tons of health benefits from eating beef, can we say the same thing about alcohol?

Only in countries like India can this happen where good is forbidden and bad is put up on a pedestal.

Colorectal cancer
Due to the many studies that have found a link between red meat intake and colorectal cancer the American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research Fund stated that there is convincing evidence that red meat intake increases the risk for colorectal cancer.[22]

Professor Sheila Bingham of the Dunn Human Nutrition Unit attributes this to the haemoglobin and myoglobin molecules which are found in red meat. She suggests these molecules, when ingested trigger a process called nitrosation in the gut which leads to the formation of carcinogens.[23][24][25] Others have suggested that it is due to the presence of carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines, which are created in the cooking process.[15][26][27] However, this may not be limited to red meat, since a study from theHarvard School of Public Health found that people who ate skinless chicken five times or more per week had a 52% higher risk of developing bladder cancer although not people who ate chicken with skin or other red meats such as hot dogs and Hamburgers.[28]

A 2011 study of 17,000 individuals found that people consuming the most grilled and well-done meat had a 56 and 59% higher rate of cancer.[29]

Other cancers
There is suggestive evidence that red meat intake increases the risk of oesophageal, lung, pancreatic and endometrial cancer.[22] As a result, WCRF recommends limiting intake of red meat to less than 300g (11 oz) cooked weight per week, "very little, if any of which to be processed."[30]

Some studies have linked consumption of large amounts of red meat with breast cancer,[31][32] stomach cancer,[33] lymphoma,[34] bladder cancer,[35] lung cancer[36] and prostate cancer[35][37][38] (although other studies have found no relationship between red meat and prostate cancer[39][40]).

A 2011 study of almost 500,000 participants found that those in the highest quintile of red meat consumption had a 19% increased risk of kidney cancer.[41]

Cardiovascular diseases
The postwar Seven Countries Study found a significant correlation between red meat consumption and risk of CHD and marked the beginning of our current understanding.[42]

Many studies associate red meat consumption with cardiovascular diseases. Specifically red meat consumption is associated with ischemic heart disease, stroke,[43] with greater intima-media thickness, (an indicator of atherosclerosis),[35][44] acute coronary syndrome,[45] A significant relationship between red meat and CHD has been found specifically for women,[46]

Diabetes
Red meat intake has been associated with an increased risk of type II diabetes.[67][68][69] Interventions in which red meat is removed from the diet can lower albuminuria levels.[70] Replacing red meat with a low protein or chicken diet can improve glomerular filtration rate.[71]

Other findings have suggested that the association may be due to saturated fat, trans fat and dietary cholesterol, rather than red meat per se.[69][72][73] An additional confound is that diets high in processed meat could increase the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.[74]

One study estimated that “substitutions of one serving of nuts, low-fat dairy, and whole grains per day for one serving of red meat per day were associated with a 16–35% lower risk of type 2 diabetes”.[75]

Obesity
The Diogenes project used data from ninety thousand men and women over about seven years and found that "higher intake of total protein, and protein from animal sources was associated with subsequent weight gain for both genders, strongest among women, and the association was mainly attributable to protein from red and processed meat and poultry rather than from fish and dairy sources. There was no overall association between intake of plant protein and subsequent changes in weight."[76] They also found an association between red meat consumption and increased waist circumference.

A 1998 survey of about five thousand vegetarian and non-vegetarian people found that vegetarians had about 30% lower BMIs.[77] A 2006 survey of fifty thousand women found that those with higher "western diet pattern" scores gained about two more kilograms over the course of four years than those who lowered their scores.[78]

A ten-year follow up of 80,000 men and women found that "ten-year changes in body mass index was associated positively with meat consumption" as well as with weight gain at the waist.[79] In a Mediterranean population of 8,000 men and women, meat consumption was significantly associated with weight gain.[80] Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed "consistent positive associations between meat consumption and BMI, waist circumference, obesity and central obesity."[81]

A survey of twins found that processed meat intake was associated with weight gain.[82] Western diets, which include higher consumption of red meats, are often associated with obesity.[83][84]

Other health issues
Regular consumption of red meat has also been linked to hypertension,[35] and arthritis

 

[possumlot]

Liquor ban in Gujarat has caused some people to switch to adulterated liquor (spirit). The best whisky you get there is a smuggled bottle of RS from Daman for 3-4 times the original market price. It is a sad state in that aspect, amazing to find people who approve of such a ban, which actually achieves nothing.

Let the addicts switch to adulterated liquor. Let them pay more. Frustrated people switch to prostitutes too. There is always someone willing to subvert the system.

Ban of addictive substances does provide respite to addicts and their families and and brings balance to society.

Here is some news that is indicative of the effect of alcohol ..............

21 January 2014

Eight-year-old Kerala boy dies after drinking excess alcohol

The alarming alcohol addiction of Kerala has claimed an eight-year old boy. A class five student, Lejin, a native of Kunnikode in Kollam district, died in the wee hours of Monday following excess consumption of Bacardi Gold rum when his parents and brother were not at home.

On Sunday afternoon Lejin was alone at home as his mother Susan and brother Lebin were away to attend a funeral, and his father Laaji had gone to his sister’s house. Little Lejin was, perhaps, waiting for this opportunity to consume the liquor. He had seen his father and his friends drink at home in his presence.

When his parents and brother returned around six in the evening, they found the unconscious Lejin lying on his bed, bathed in vomit and urine. The TV, which had been playing when they had left, was still on. From the smell, they realised what had happened. Immediately, they washed and rushed him to a nearby private hospital.

Dr Firoz, who treated the boy, told dna that Lejin had been brought in an unconscious state and he regained normalcy half an hour after the drugs were administered intravenously. The boy was alright till mid-night. He went to the loo without help. But his condition deteriorated suddenly and he breathed his last around one O clock in the morning.

“I had told his parents to take him to a bigger hospital as large quantity of liquor plays tricks on children, but since he was found to be normal they did not heed my advice. I don’t know what went wrong,’’ the doctor said.

Dr Firoz said that Lejin had told him that he had drunk liquor which his father kept at home. “He must have taken about 300 to 400 ml of the stuff. He didn’t tell me whether he had taken it dry or diluted. Children don’t withstand such huge quantities of alcohol,’’ Firoz added.

Sub inspector Vijoy who is investigating the case told dna that the forensic surgeon who conducted the postmortem examination informed him that the boy died of brain inflammation caused by excess consumption of alcohol. The surgeon also confirmed that the boy must have taken nearly 400 ml of the stuff.

“We could not collect any evidence from the scene because the room where the boy had been found unconscious was washed on the presumption that there won’t be any police case.’’ Vijoy said.

“I quit drinking and smoking six months back. This bottle of alcohol was given by a friend of mine working in the Gulf. Since I stopped drinking, my friends were consuming it when they dropped in at my place. I did not know that the boy was keenly watching it,” Laaji, who is a petty floor tiling contractor, said in a choked voice.

Kerala, which consumed liquor worth Rs8,842 core in 2012-13 fiscal (Rs7,860 in the previous year), shows the symptoms of an acute alcoholic society. Various studies have warned the authorities that drinking habit is rampant even among school kids. The alcohol-related crimes, family feuds and ailments are on the rise in the state, which is the largest guzzler among all Indian states. But the government is very reluctant to regulate the liquor flow as it is the main revenue of the exchequer.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

There are tons of health benefits from eating beef, can we say the same thing about alcohol?

Only in countries like India can this happen where good is forbidden and bad is put up on a pedestal.

Not true. Even in Nepal, beef is verboten. Besides by beef I mean cow meat only. Plus actually beef is not exactly banned. In any case that is another matter.

Plus alcohol has plenty of benefits.

Colorectal cancer
Due to the many studies that have found a link between red meat intake and colorectal cancer the American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research Fund stated that there is convincing evidence that red meat intake increases the risk for colorectal cancer.[22]
Professor Sheila Bingham of the Dunn Human Nutrition Unit attributes this to the haemoglobin and myoglobin molecules which are found in red meat. She suggests these molecules, when ingested trigger a process called nitrosation in the gut which leads to the formation of carcinogens.[23][24][25] Others have suggested that it is due to the presence of carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines, which are created in the cooking process.[15][26][27] However, this may not be limited to red meat, since a study from theHarvard School of Public Health found that people who ate skinless chicken five times or more per week had a 52% higher risk of developing bladder cancer although not people who ate chicken with skin or other red meats such as hot dogs and Hamburgers.[28]
A 2011 study of 17,000 individuals found that people consuming the most grilled and well-done meat had a 56 and 59% higher rate of cancer.[29]
Other cancers
There is suggestive evidence that red meat intake increases the risk of oesophageal, lung, pancreatic and endometrial cancer.[22] As a result, WCRF recommends limiting intake of red meat to less than 300g (11 oz) cooked weight per week, "very little, if any of which to be processed."[30]

Some studies have linked consumption of large amounts of red meat with breast cancer,[31][32] stomach cancer,[33] lymphoma,[34] bladder cancer,[35] lung cancer[36] and prostate cancer[35][37][38] (although other studies have found no relationship between red meat and prostate cancer[39][40]).

A 2011 study of almost 500,000 participants found that those in the highest quintile of red meat consumption had a 19% increased risk of kidney cancer.[41]

Cardiovascular diseases
The postwar Seven Countries Study found a significant correlation between red meat consumption and risk of CHD and marked the beginning of our current understanding.[42]

Many studies associate red meat consumption with cardiovascular diseases. Specifically red meat consumption is associated with ischemic heart disease, stroke,[43] with greater intima-media thickness, (an indicator of atherosclerosis),[35][44] acute coronary syndrome,[45] A significant relationship between red meat and CHD has been found specifically for women,[46]

Diabetes
Red meat intake has been associated with an increased risk of type II diabetes.[67][68][69] Interventions in which red meat is removed from the diet can lower albuminuria levels.[70] Replacing red meat with a low protein or chicken diet can improve glomerular filtration rate.[71]

Other findings have suggested that the association may be due to saturated fat, trans fat and dietary cholesterol, rather than red meat per se.[69][72][73] An additional confound is that diets high in processed meat could increase the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.[74]

One study estimated that “substitutions of one serving of nuts, low-fat dairy, and whole grains per day for one serving of red meat per day were associated with a 16–35% lower risk of type 2 diabetes”.[75]

Obesity
The Diogenes project used data from ninety thousand men and women over about seven years and found that "higher intake of total protein, and protein from animal sources was associated with subsequent weight gain for both genders, strongest among women, and the association was mainly attributable to protein from red and processed meat and poultry rather than from fish and dairy sources. There was no overall association between intake of plant protein and subsequent changes in weight."[76] They also found an association between red meat consumption and increased waist circumference.

A 1998 survey of about five thousand vegetarian and non-vegetarian people found that vegetarians had about 30% lower BMIs.[77] A 2006 survey of fifty thousand women found that those with higher "western diet pattern" scores gained about two more kilograms over the course of four years than those who lowered their scores.[78]

A ten-year follow up of 80,000 men and women found that "ten-year changes in body mass index was associated positively with meat consumption" as well as with weight gain at the waist.[79] In a Mediterranean population of 8,000 men and women, meat consumption was significantly associated with weight gain.[80] Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed "consistent positive associations between meat consumption and BMI, waist circumference, obesity and central obesity."[81]

A survey of twins found that processed meat intake was associated with weight gain.[82] Western diets, which include higher consumption of red meats, are often associated with obesity.[83][84]

Other health issues
Regular consumption of red meat has also been linked to hypertension,[35] and arthritis

Let's not get carried away. The topic is daruu.

 

[Icewolf]

Colorectal cancer
Due to the many studies that have found a link between red meat intake and colorectal cancer the American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research Fund stated that there is convincing evidence that red meat intake increases the risk for colorectal cancer.[22]

Professor Sheila Bingham of the Dunn Human Nutrition Unit attributes this to the haemoglobin and myoglobin molecules which are found in red meat. She suggests these molecules, when ingested trigger a process called nitrosation in the gut which leads to the formation of carcinogens.[23][24][25] Others have suggested that it is due to the presence of carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines, which are created in the cooking process.[15][26][27] However, this may not be limited to red meat, since a study from theHarvard School of Public Health found that people who ate skinless chicken five times or more per week had a 52% higher risk of developing bladder cancer although not people who ate chicken with skin or other red meats such as hot dogs and Hamburgers.[28]

A 2011 study of 17,000 individuals found that people consuming the most grilled and well-done meat had a 56 and 59% higher rate of cancer.[29]

Other cancers
There is suggestive evidence that red meat intake increases the risk of oesophageal, lung, pancreatic and endometrial cancer.[22] As a result, WCRF recommends limiting intake of red meat to less than 300g (11 oz) cooked weight per week, "very little, if any of which to be processed."[30]

Some studies have linked consumption of large amounts of red meat with breast cancer,[31][32] stomach cancer,[33] lymphoma,[34] bladder cancer,[35] lung cancer[36] and prostate cancer[35][37][38] (although other studies have found no relationship between red meat and prostate cancer[39][40]).

A 2011 study of almost 500,000 participants found that those in the highest quintile of red meat consumption had a 19% increased risk of kidney cancer.[41]

Cardiovascular diseases
The postwar Seven Countries Study found a significant correlation between red meat consumption and risk of CHD and marked the beginning of our current understanding.[42]

Many studies associate red meat consumption with cardiovascular diseases. Specifically red meat consumption is associated with ischemic heart disease, stroke,[43] with greater intima-media thickness, (an indicator of atherosclerosis),[35][44] acute coronary syndrome,[45] A significant relationship between red meat and CHD has been found specifically for women,[46]

Diabetes
Red meat intake has been associated with an increased risk of type II diabetes.[67][68][69] Interventions in which red meat is removed from the diet can lower albuminuria levels.[70] Replacing red meat with a low protein or chicken diet can improve glomerular filtration rate.[71]

Other findings have suggested that the association may be due to saturated fat, trans fat and dietary cholesterol, rather than red meat per se.[69][72][73] An additional confound is that diets high in processed meat could increase the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.[74]

One study estimated that “substitutions of one serving of nuts, low-fat dairy, and whole grains per day for one serving of red meat per day were associated with a 16–35% lower risk of type 2 diabetes”.[75]

Obesity
The Diogenes project used data from ninety thousand men and women over about seven years and found that "higher intake of total protein, and protein from animal sources was associated with subsequent weight gain for both genders, strongest among women, and the association was mainly attributable to protein from red and processed meat and poultry rather than from fish and dairy sources. There was no overall association between intake of plant protein and subsequent changes in weight."[76] They also found an association between red meat consumption and increased waist circumference.

A 1998 survey of about five thousand vegetarian and non-vegetarian people found that vegetarians had about 30% lower BMIs.[77] A 2006 survey of fifty thousand women found that those with higher "western diet pattern" scores gained about two more kilograms over the course of four years than those who lowered their scores.[78]

A ten-year follow up of 80,000 men and women found that "ten-year changes in body mass index was associated positively with meat consumption" as well as with weight gain at the waist.[79] In a Mediterranean population of 8,000 men and women, meat consumption was significantly associated with weight gain.[80] Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed "consistent positive associations between meat consumption and BMI, waist circumference, obesity and central obesity."[81]

A survey of twins found that processed meat intake was associated with weight gain.[82] Western diets, which include higher consumption of red meats, are often associated with obesity.[83][84]

Other health issues
Regular consumption of red meat has also been linked to hypertension,[35] and arthritis

Lol please keep your pseudoscience to yourself