They reckon that drinking one measure of spirits can increase your risk of suffering an attack of pancreatitis. However beer and wine is ok as it apears not to have the same effect.
Researchers in Sweden followed over 84 thousand people aged between 45 and 85 for an average of 10 years. Over 500 of them developed acute pancreatis84,601 people from 46 to 84 years of age from the general population in Vastmanland and Uppsala for a median of ten years. During that time 513 developed acute pancreatitis.
"Our study revealed a steady increase between each measure of spirits a person drank on one occasion and the risk of having an acute attack of pancreatitis, starting at just under ten per cent for one 4cl drink" says lead author Dr Omid Sadr-Azodi.
Please note that most people in the study drank only 1 to 2 glasses a day.
