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Alcohol Healthier Than Exercise?! | New Study | Doctor Mike

alcohol is better for you than exercise well there's a glass of wine the ticket to a long life what do you believe boobs beats exercise the news is saying it scientists are saying but am i saying it it's time for a dr. Mike showdown alcohol verse exercise here we go [Music] gentlemen we've discussed the rules no low blows no foul amounts know any defend yourself at all times let's go round 1 research who has the edge first up is exercise there's a lot of quality research proving that exercise is good for your health the way they do this is they take a bunch of people that are very similar and they break them up into two groups one group is told not to exercise and the other group is told to exercise what they find is consistently that people who exercise have more health benefits that Bruce causation next up we have alcohol also a ton of research linking it to health benefits but it's a different type of research what these types of studies do is they take a person and they look back in their lives and they try and tie some of the lifestyle habits to current health outcomes that's called an observational trial these do not prove causation no causation no causation to win the research round you need causation round one goes to exercise because causation well everybody that was a hard fought round exercise came and strong with the low blow from the causation but correlation and alcohol really stayed in they're tough and true to its nature I don't think we can count alcohol out just yet round 2 accessibility which one of these is more straightforward to get the health benefits first up we have alcohol most studies say that you need a glass a day for a woman or two glasses a day for your man to reap the health benefits so all you have to do is this pretty accessible I'd say next up with the leading contender exercise and you get a little confusing they say you have to do exactly a hundred fifty minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a week for 75 minutes a week of vigorous intensity exercise but what's moderate intensity exercise is this motor intensity exercise it's this moderate intensity exercise is this moderate intensity is this moderate intensity oh I fell off the thing I was killing my knees round two goes to alcohol it's a technical decision but it is easier to drink a glass of alcohol than it is to figure out what moderate intensity exercise is it's this moderate intensity exercise after a nail-biting round - alcohol takes a point away from exercise what an amazing round but it's a technical win for alcohol round three extremes you can overdo it with either one of these but which is less harmful to your health first up we have exercise and yes you could totally overdo it when it comes to exercise go to extreme go to hardcore and your body can break down muscle damage rhabdomyolysis heart arrhythmias early onset osteoarthritis knee injuries tendon injuries shoulder injuries and how we forgot concussions these things can happen next up we have alcohol very easy to overdo it with alcohol some of you say one drink per day per week that's seven drinks I can have that on one sitting nope that's considered binge drinking and binge drinking has a lot of harmful effects on your health you're talking about car crashes unplanned pregnancies STDs fetal alcohol syndrome alcohol poisoning alcoholism suicide homicide cancer should I go on I don't think so results of round three the harms of extreme drinking far outweigh the harms of extreme exercise but this is a showdown for health benefits no ports awarded after round three I don't know what's going on the judge is saying he only wants benefits he said harms but he wants benefits I don't know what's going on we're going into round four two championship Brennan the universal recommendation if I had to recommend one of these things to my patient which would it be alcohol I'll put it to you this way a lot of weak evidence that's more correlation and causation and very easy to overdo it on but if someone's already drinking alcohol in moderation not so bad exercise well technically you can overdo it and do too much exercise it's highly unlikely and yes you can get confusing to figure out what constitutes proper exercise the most important part here is that exercise has tremendous amount of health benefits and they are proven because of causation at the end of Round four I'm gonna have to give the point to exercise it's something I'm comfortable universally recommending to almost every single patient as opposed to alcohol which isn't so on its benefits and has serious harms so after four rounds of immense action the winner by unanimous decision is exercised we've officially crowned a winner exercise has dominated alcohol in this phenomenal display of skill this is one for the ages ladies and gentlemen oh my god and the winners here with us tell us how you feel exercise there you have it a champion of a few words that's how we love them back to you dr. Mike all right I know that was a little crazy but I had to do it when I heard this wild claim that came from a lot of these headlines I knew I had to address it in a funky way and this was my first time doing something as wild as this so first off I hope you enjoyed it yes there was a correlation between those who drank alcohol and those who live longer and maybe it was more of a correlation than exercise among life but it doesn't mean that there was proof that alcohol is the reason for this longevity here's my bottom line if you're of legal age drink in moderation because it brings you joy not because you think it'll give you a healthier life and when it comes to exercise within reason any exercise is better than none but excessive exercise isn't better than some alcohol is a very addictive substance I've treated many patients that have problems with alcohol addiction and it's very difficult to stop once you've already begun drinking often regretting that you're drinking I really want you to seek help if you believe you have a problem or if your friends have told you that you have a problem I'm putting into the description box a website and a phone number that you can call to get help because support is out there this is a problem you should address head-on the first step is to identify the problem and second is to take action you have all the links you have all the phone numbers below get help if you need it thank you so much for watching I know this has been a very unique video and it's a new concept I'm trying out so if you enjoyed it please give this video a like and comment down below what was your favorite part as always stay happy and healthy you know what that means it's time for its dis muttering test do is dis moderate-intensity rhabdomyolysis early-onset no ports award what would I tell a random patient walking through my door to do one of these things yeah choose one of these as a recommendation for my patient I'll be rapping about the nation exercise [Music]

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