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From: Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: Japanese livers *must* be different!
Date: 12 Nov 2003 23:17:10 -0800
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On 12 Nov 2003 22:55:27 -0800, Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson  ...
>
>We just got our monthly "fact" sheet from our health and safety
>committee, and from our resident quack, we got some advice on drinking
>limits. Translating roughly, it says:
>
>If you drink over 60-80 grammes of ethanol (over 3-4 sake pottery
>thingies I've forgotton the word for; over 3-4 bottles of beer (660ml
>size implied by clip-art); or over 3-4 doubles) per day, there's a
>high possibility (ka'nosei ga takai) of "fatty liver" (don't know the
>proper term!)
>
>Over 100-120 grammes, for over 10-15 years, it's possible (ka'nosei ga
>aru) to get liver fibrosis (cirrhosis? kan-sen'i-sho).
>

Do Japanese commonly drink that much?

> I get funny looks from my colleagues when
>I tell them I don't actually consume any alcohol at home at all.
>

I don't drink at home either. A can of beer will last a month in my fridge, in
fact there are three cans in my fridge now and I am not sure when and where I
bought them. If I drink wine with dinner I usually don't finish one glass and
the bottle gets thrown out after two weeks half finished. Take me to pub and
it's a completely different matter.




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