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To my best knowledge there is no benefit in low doses of alcohol. The trick to make that visible was to exclude all those people who never drank any alcohol du
by niemandhier 4y ago
To my best knowledge there is no benefit in low doses of alcohol.
The trick to make that visible was to exclude all those people who never drank any alcohol due to previous alcohol related health reason from the studies.
That increased health in the group of tee totaleres to such an extend that all seeming benefits of alcohol vanished.
- capitainenemo 4y agoIt's hard to control for population effects for sure, but I don't think anyone has successfully done the control you stated. There are a ton of studies finding varying effects like improving "good" cholesterol, and reducing chance of coronary heart disease. But it's also been speculated to have hormetic effects, so just tossing it in there as a plausible. It wouldn't be surprising given how the vegetable thing might work. Given alcohol crosses cultural and religious lines too, that also makes it harder to find unbiased analyses. My personal rate of consumption is 125ml of red wine per day. That's just about in the sweet spot if there is one for beneficial effects. Also one of the better forms of alcohol for them. At any rate it's unlikely to do significant harm and is fun to consume. I'd like to note I have family members over 100 who drank red wine every day, and it might also be part of the "french paradox"