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Drinking While Pregnant: An Inconvenient Truth
- tcj_phx 8y agoThis reads like a condescending, "don't drink while pregnant, mkay?" (that's a southpark reference [0]). If the doctor wanted to be more helpful, she'd point out why alcohol is so seductive for people -- male or female / pregnant or non-pregnant -- with metabolic problems: "Alcohol is a viable a substitute for carbohydrates for feeding nerve cells. Ethanol -> acetate -> ATP. Some research was published a few years ago about how the brains of heavy drinkers switch to running on acetate: [...]" [1] It's not enough to tell women they shouldn't drink while pregnant: medical practitioners need to use the excellent tools and understandings they have to help people sober up. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Garrison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Garrison / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJXBUfcIOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJXBUfcIOE [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14085230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14085230