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It’s not terribly intuitive that something that takes 30 days to kill you should be attempted for 10% of that. You wouldn’t take 10% the lethal dose of cyanide
by peddling-brink 3y ago
It’s not terribly intuitive that something that takes 30 days to kill you should be attempted for 10% of that.
You wouldn’t take 10% the lethal dose of cyanide.
Clearly fasting for extended periods can be done safely, but it’s not unreasonable to ask the question.
- woleium 3y agothere is some evidence that very low doses of radiation are in fact positive, and there is also the (conflicting) alcohol evidence we keep hearing.
- Almondsetat 3y agoThere is no "conflicting alcohol evidence". Our body can handle at most 1 alcoholic unit per day (otherwise we would get alcohol poisoning from fruits fermenting during digestion). Problem is: it's easier to not start drinking alltogether than being super careful about the quantities you ingest. Therefore the advice is indeed that it's simply bad and you should not have any.
- woleium 3y agoOh, absolutely. don’t start drinking for the health benefits! I meant that there seems to be a never ending “one glass of wine is good for you” vs “all alcohol is bad”, with the former probably from alcohol lobby funded research, i guess.