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> What if alcohol is actually just bad for you full stop It is. The point is it is not so bad that you should worry so much about it, just use moderation. Li
by B8MGHCBekDuRi 4y ago
> What if alcohol is actually just bad for you full stop
It is.
The point is it is not so bad that you should worry so much about it, just use moderation.
Like everything else in your life, especially past 40, you should use common sense: don't eat hamburgers every day, it's bad for your health. You should walk more, a sedentary lifestyle is really bad for your health. You should reduce the amount of sports you do and prefer moderate physical activity to playing football with your friends (see Hulk Hogan current health status), etc. etc.
It's not like tobacco, processed food or driving, those are really dangerous things for your health and will reduce your life span considerably.
Anyway, they tried prohibitionism in USA, it didn't work, so I guess alcohol is here to stay with us, till the end of time.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoThey have been lots of studies (many alcohol industry sponsored) that said that moderate alcohol was not only harmless, but GOOD for you. I think getting the message out, that no, its never good for you is important to do to counter that previous narrative. The WHO is saying its bad for you and that's fine. And as you've said, once people have the information they can choose the risk profiles that suit them.
- antb123 4y agoI always thought that this effect was due not causal but to many people using alcohol socially. One of the biggest killers is loneliness. Have a look at the Harvard life study.