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Ask HN: Is Whiskey good for your heart?
- onion2k 8y agoHow much whiskey?
- _Schizotypy 8y agohttps://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824237 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824237
- brianolson 8y agoNo, but is often taken to relieve heartache.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoabsolutely not https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpheart.00480.2006 https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpheart.00480.2... https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/69/3/197.full.pdf https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/69/3/197.full.pdf
- cvaidya1986 8y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/felipeschrieberg/2017/06/30/5-reasons-drinking-whisky-is-healthy-for-you/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/felipeschrieberg/2017/06/30/5-r... What about this?
- _Schizotypy 8y agothat article is a joke, alcohol prevents cancer? that's laughable considering it's a known and accepted carcinogen https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824237 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824237 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_cancer I don't think forbes is qualified to report on medical issues, considering they're a business publication and alcohol sales/production is a MASSIVE business
- pssflops 8y agoPersonally speaking, it makes me listen to my heart more intensely. I often get into heated arguments or fights because of whiskey.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoYour heart doesn't "say" anything. It is a pump.
- cvaidya1986 8y agoIt does if one listens really intently.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoI don't think you understand what a heart is Here's a helpful reference: https://www.webmd.com/heart/picture-of-the-heart#1 https://www.webmd.com/heart/picture-of-the-heart#1
- cvaidya1986 8y agoCan you also point me to a diagram of your consciousness.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoconsciousness is an emergent property of the network created by the brain
- cvaidya1986 8y agoWow I guess you must be working on general AI then? Any release date of your first prototype?
- cvaidya1986 8y agohttps://www.livestrong.com/article/478294-the-health-benefits-of-whiskey/ https://www.livestrong.com/article/478294-the-health-benefit... Articles such as these have me thinking.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoMaybe you should think twice https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a...
- cvaidya1986 8y agohttp://www.mind.uci.edu/research-studies/90plus-study/ http://www.mind.uci.edu/research-studies/90plus-study/ What about this?
- _Schizotypy 8y agocorrelation does not equal causation there are well known biochemical mechanisms of ethanol doing damage to cells and DNA
- _Schizotypy 8y agoBe skeptical of studies saying that alcohol has benefits, many of them are heavily funded by companies that produce alcohol. Similar tactics were used by tobacco companies. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/health/alcohol-nih-drinking.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/health/alcohol-nih-drinki...
- cvaidya1986 8y agoAlso, America’s oldest veteran at 112 drinks whiskey daily. https://www.elitedaily.com/news/richard-overton-oldest-veteran-whiskey/1782235 https://www.elitedaily.com/news/richard-overton-oldest-veter...
- _Schizotypy 8y ago"I'm not dead yet so death must be a myth"