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> Alcohol Hormesis: Does moderate alcohol or wine consumption have any health benefits, or not? Am I mis-remembering recent studies showing that alcohol does n

• darawk 4y ago
  There have been recent studies that said that, just like at one time there were recent studies that said the opposite. Neither is sufficiently strong evidence to be dispositive, though I'd probably lean towards the more recent ones.
• pessimizer 4y ago
  No, it's one of those that comes up with unconvincing results in alternating directions every six months, and whose press releases everyone in "light" news reports on. IIRC, that last negative one (of course I might be a year out of phase with you) proved that alcohol consumption doesn't do anyone any good at any amount by redefining "anyone" and "good" and telling us what we already knew about esophageal cancers and alcoholism.
• steve_adams_86 4y ago
  This podcast episode by Andrew Huberman does a good job explaining why it's not really an open question at all. I think it remains open because people really want to drink, and people really want to sell alcohol. There are many things like this in our diets, and the evidence is fairly conclusive. We just struggle to accept it. https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/ https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain...
• Swizec 4y ago
  The sort of people who [can afford to] drink a glass of wine at dinner also have access to health care. This correlates with better health outcomes.