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> Am I naive for thinking that everyone knows that Alcohol is not good for them? I think people definitely understand that heavy drinking (e.g. more than 2 dri
by dynm 5y ago
> Am I naive for thinking that everyone knows that Alcohol is not good for them?
I think people definitely understand that heavy drinking (e.g. more than 2 drinks per day) is bad for you. The question is really about the impact of moderate drinking (1-2 drinks) where the science is unsettled, and people have differing opinions. Answering this was the goal if this particular study.
- Maursault 5y ago> moderate drinking (1-2 drinks) I really feel like moderate drinking is a poor standard invented by the industry to prevent loss of sales due to science, and ultimately an oxymoron not unlike safe cigarette, clean coal. Though alcohol is out of the drinker's system within 24 hours, what that drink does to their system takes a month to play out. Yet someone who has had strictly 1-2 drinks a day for decades is somehow a moderate drinker? If a drinker hasn't gone a single month without a drink since their junior year of high school, I believe the more accurate label is alcoholic.