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Yes that is an anecdote. We get better info by looking at large groups of people and that is what the recommendation is based on.
by JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
Yes that is an anecdote. We get better info by looking at large groups of people and that is what the recommendation is based on.
- notch656a 5y agoAgreed, although a single shot of moonshine is a equivalent to a little over a pint of beer. You can drink that and be well within alcohol consumption guidelines in US. Even most alcohol-naïve people would only be minimally intoxicated from a single shot of moonshine.
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoThe guidelines are probably wrong. All recent scientific data I see shows that, like most poisons, the best amount to intake is zero. Here’s one for brain health. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.10.21256931v1.full.pdf https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.10.21256931v...
- notch656a 5y ago"The dose makes the poison" - Paracelsus I'm sure drinking has some effect on you, but I'm not sure one non-peer reviewed which by their own papers shows <18 drinks / week shows baseline within the uncertainty band is evidence of any noticeable mental decline. In fact several of the graphs, it shows an increase in matter volume for low non-zero amounts vs zero.