title: On the potential health effects of consuming "non-alcoholic" or "de-alcoholized" beverages.
abstract: This paper reviews the potential health risks for persons who consume the newly available "non-alcoholic" or "de-alcoholized" beverages which may contain trace amounts of ethanol (less than 0.5% by volume). The discussion includes relative risk rates for chemical dependency, fetal alcohol syndrome, chemical and natural hypersensitivity, cancer, cardiomyopathy, hypertension and cirrhosis for those who drink standard alcoholic drinks and "non-alcoholic" drinks. It is concluded that non-alcoholic drinks pose little risk for developing alcohol related problems based on our current physiological and psychocultural knowledge.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology; D004221:Disulfiram / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity; D004347:Drug Interactions; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D004221:Disulfiram