{"product_id":"the-japanese-guide-to-healthy-drinking","title":"The Japanese Guide to Healthy Drinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'People in Japan take their drink seriously. But alcohol is seriously bad for you. This book will tell you how to hold your drink - without dying from the consequences'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHENRY GEE, Senior Editor, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Drinking can be one of life's great pleasures, but it can also be very harmful and dangerous. Here is a sensible, science-driven, and thought-provoking look at both the pluses and minuses of alcohol as well as tips on how to hopefully enjoy your favourite tipple in a safer way. \u003ci\u003eKanpai\u003c\/i\u003e!'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRIAN ASHCRAFT, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Japanese Saké Bible\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJapanese Whisky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A refreshingly honest look at booze and how to get the best out of it. I can definitely drink to that.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHELEN McGINN, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Knackered Mother's Wine Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALCOHOL CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this uniquely Japanese mix of quirky fun and hard science, alcohol is revealed not as a poison, but as the best of all medicines . . . up to a point. If we drink healthily, drinkers need never give up what we love.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaori Haishi is a journalist and the director of the Japan Saké Association; Dr Shinichi Asabe is a liver specialist who likes a drink. Kaori Haishi interviewed a line-up of twenty-five booze-loving physicians, including Japan's leading expert on throwing up, a sleep specialist on how nightcaps can cause depression and a professor on how drinking too much beer can prevent the secretion of testosterone. Now, with Dr Asabe's expert medical help, she has written this book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniversally relevant information about the effects of wines, beers and spirits on the human body is delivered with clarity and precision, backed up by plentiful footnotes citing the latest academic research. The unfailingly amusing Haishi has particularly empathetic advice for women, including the merits of saké as a miracle skin-care product. The book explores all sorts of issues, such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBitter Medicine - how beer can help to prevent dementia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShakes on a Plane - is in-flight drinking dangerous?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMellow Yellow - checking the colour of your pee.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSnack Attacks - secrets for avoiding weight gain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd that perennial mystery . . . how do the French get away with it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786770280627,"sku":"9781472144560","price":840.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477299419781472144560.jpg?v=1762808065","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-japanese-guide-to-healthy-drinking","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}