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>But no one who reports it writes the next sentence to explain that, non drinkers include people who don't drink to manage chronic health conditions and thus sk
by itsoktocry 3y ago
>But no one who reports it writes the next sentence to explain that, non drinkers include people who don't drink to manage chronic health conditions and thus skew things with their ill health making it seem like alcohol is required to be healthy.
Can you point to the study that makes this claim without controlling for other health issues? Otherwise, you're just making stuff up, which is worse than what you accuse the scientists of.
- SpaceLawnmower 3y agoThis study seems to be a pretty important one (cited by Harvard in a blog post about alcohol's effects on health). It doesn't necessarily go into preexisting health conditions beyond broad markers like BMI, smoking, and cancer history. It says one of the limitations of the study is that it doesn't account for socioeconomic status, which is probably correlated with general health (can't afford as much alcohol if you're poor and you age less healthily). https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002585 https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...