A group of Canadian researchers say they’ve developed a tool that can calculate the impact of alcohol consumption habits on overall health and lifespan.
Dubbed the Know Alcohol tool, the calculator was created at the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) to determine how a person’s drinking habits are impacting his or her body.
The tool can calculate how many minutes of life a person could reclaim by cutting alcohol intake based on the scientific findings presented in Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, a university press release says.
Researchers say the calculator can also determine the risk of premature death and the likelihood of developing conditions such as cancer or heart disease based on the user’s age, sex, and weekly alcohol consumption….