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1 in 5 Huron County Southwestern Ontario farmers get into
drinkers: Health Unit
residents heavyresidents fields and harvest corn early
Nearly one in five Huron
County residents age 12 and
over are heavy drinkers,
according to the Canadian
Community Health Survey.
Heavy drinking is defined as
consuming five or more
alcoholic drinks on one
occasion, once a month or
more.
"Drinking too much, too
often is a concerning issue,"
said Angela Willert, senior
public health promoter.
"People are often unaware
of the consequences of over -
drinking in the short and
long term:'
Whether it's a night of cel-
ebration or drinking games,
it's easy to lose track of how
many drinks you've had.
Continuous drinking can
increase the risk of short -
and long-term alcohol-
related harm. The most com-
mon short-term risk of heavy
drinking is a "hangover",
which can include a head-
ache, fatigue and nausea.
However, more serious risks
include:
• Alcohol poisoning.
• Violence and injuries
(car crashes, falls, fights).
• Risky sexual behavior.
• Poor or regrettable
decisions.
• Problems with finances,
work or school.
• Long-term health effects,
such as liver cirrhosis, heart
problems, cancer.
Canada's Low -Risk
Alcohol Drinking Guide-
lines help adults who
choose to drink to make
informed choices about
their alcohol consump-
tion. The guidelines
recommend:
• Women consume no
more than 10 drinks a week
and no more than two drinks
a day most days.
• Men consume no more
than 15 drinks a week and
no more than three drinks a
day most days.
For special occasions, the
guidelines recommend no
more than three drinks at
any one time to help limit
harm from alcohol
consumption.
"These guidelines are lim-
its, not goals. Less is always
more," said Willert.
"And it doesn't work to
save all of your drinks for the
weekend."
There is no such thing as
"risk-free" drinking, but fol-
lowing the guidelines can
lower your risk.
The Health Unit's Rethink
Your Drinking campaign
promotes the Canadian
Low -Risk Alcohol Drinking
Guidelines to help change
the way we think about and
use alcohol.
For more information, visit
www.rethinkyourdrinking.ca.
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farmers are getting into the
fields and harvesting corn
early this fall, and that's a very
good thing.
An early harvest means get-
ting the crop off before the
snow flies and wet weather
makes the fields too wet and
muddy to easily work with
heavy farm machinery.
Jason Wilson, who works
for Bolton Farms, was harvest-
ing com Monday and said the
harvest is, "going very well,
very well, we've just started
into corn, and have about 150
acres off, averaging about 200
bushels an acre!'
Wilson says the corn is in
good shape, "it's drying down
pretty well, between 24 and 28
per cent moisture which is
very good for this time of year:'
The early start is good news
for farmers, "getting an early
start is always good, we're
always worried about snow in
December, last few years we
finished in mid-December, so
getting it in this early is a real
bonus," said Wilson.
Compared to last year's
"crummy" harvest, this year's
is much better said Wilson.
Last year Wilson said, "we
didn't really have a hot sum-
mer," couple that with a wet
spring that didn't allow the
farmers to get into the fields to
plant their com early, lead to a
2014 most farmers want to
forget.
2015's harvest might help
ease the pain.
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