肝臟專家表示,“一月戒酒”活動不利健康

Many of us will be seriously contemplating takingpart in Dry January today, as we nurse sore headsfrom New Year's Eve celebrations. Going alcoholfree for January is a popular way of starting theyear after over-indulging over the festive period - more than four million people are planning to starttoday, according to a YouGov study from December.

新年前夜的狂歡令很多人醉酒頭痛，所以大家都在慎重思考是否要加入"一月戒酒"活動。據YouGov去年12月的研究報道，一月不飲酒是一種節(jié)假日過度放縱后開始新年的流行方式--400多萬人打算自今天起加入這一活動。

But apparently it's not a "fix-all solution" to having a healthier lifestyle when it comes todrinking, and we risk tricking ourselves into thinking we have a more restraint over our habitsthan we may in reality.

但顯然，在飲酒方面，這并非擁有健康生活方式的"通用方法"，我們甘愿欺騙自己：我們對不良習慣的自制力比現實生活中所表現出來的自制力更佳。

Dr Mark Wright, a consultant in liver medicine at University Hospital Southampton NHSFoundation Trust, said the month-long break from booze runs the risk of being the perfect"decoy" as it "can make it seem like people have a grip on their drinking".

南安普頓大學醫(yī)院NHS基金會的肝臟醫(yī)學顧問馬克·賴特醫(yī)生說道，長達一月不飲酒看似美味"誘餌"，因為這一活動"會讓人們覺得能控制飲酒"。

 

 

Instead, people should be wary of their consumption year-round, he said. Although there arephysical benefits to giving your body a break, Dr Wright warns that the approach is not thebest psychologically for problem drinkers - and it won't improve your health if you just goback to your usual habits again.

他說道，相反，人們應該留意全年的飲酒量。雖然暫時性的不喝酒能給身體帶來一些身體益處，但賴特醫(yī)生警告道，對于嗜酒者而言，這并不是最好的心理治療方法--此外，如果活動結束后再度飲酒，人們的健康狀況并不會得到改善。

He said: "Giving up alcohol for dry January as some sort of detox is like maxing out yourcredit cards all year and thinking you can solve your financial problems by living like a hermitfor a month. It just isn't going to make things better if you then go back to your usual habits inFebruary. The danger is that abstaining for a month can make it seem like people have a gripon their drinking, but, in fact, it can be the perfect decoy to justify drinking far too much in thefestive season. It's not a fix-all solution. What people need to do is be aware of theirconsumption all year round, aiming to stick to 14 units per week with three to four dry days."

他說道："作為某種排毒方式，一月戒酒就像是刷爆一整年的信用卡，還自以為只要像隱士般生活一個月就可以解決經濟問題。但是，如果二月份你重染舊習，事情并不會向好的方向發(fā)展。戒酒一個月的危險之處在于：會使人們產生一種可以控制飲酒的感覺，但實際上，這是在節(jié)日期間縱酒的完美誘餌。這并不是通用的解決方法啊。人們還是應該注意全年的飲酒量，力圖將每周飲酒量控制在14單位以內，同時堅持每周3至4天不飲酒。"