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Does Dry January Really Make People Healthier?
Abstaining from alcohol can have immediate benefits. But lasting gains require lasting change.
This has intensified focus on alcohol ahead of the scheduled update to the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans later this year, but it’s not clear if new labels should be expected—adding them would require action from Congress. “This concept, that it’s a one-month detox or spring clean that gets you ready for the rest of the year, I don’t think there’s any evidence for that,” says Gautam Mehta, an associate professor in hepatology at University College London who has studied the effects of month-long sobriety. They also experienced more subtle effects; their blood pressure fell and their biomarkers for insulin resistance improved, an indicator of decreased risk for developing diabetes.
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