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While it's true that there is undisputed epidemiological evidence as to positive effects of moderate alcohol use on health for some people, at the molecular lev

While it's true that there is undisputed epidemiological evidence as to positive effects of moderate alcohol use on health for some people, at the molecular level there's no getting away from the toxicity of ethanol and its breakdown product - the unpleasantly reactive acetaldehyde. Ethanol itself denatures proteins. Certainly a conundrum. Maybe part of the answer is in the side effects of the enhanced detoxification mechanisms in the liver in response to alcohol intake. I suspect there are some interesting findings that await discovery.

DanBC 8y ago
> While it's true that there is undisputed epidemiological evidence as to positive effects of moderate alcohol use on health for some people Where "some people" only includes women over 50, and "moderate drinking" means "three or four drinks per week" - far less than most people think of as moderate drinking, especially in the UK where 2 large glasses of wine a day is seen as normal.