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Has their been a large scale alcohol effect study that exploits the fact that some religions (particularly Islam, Judaism) don't tend to consume alcohol? It wi
by ak_111 3y ago
Has their been a large scale alcohol effect study that exploits the fact that some religions (particularly Islam, Judaism) don't tend to consume alcohol?
It will probably need to be delicately applied since religion correlates with many other socioeconomic/genetic conditions, but I think showing that certain cancers are not as common in for example Indonesia and Turkey as compared to Australia and Greece would be an interesting hypothesis concerning the impact of alcohol.
- viciousvoxel 3y agofyi, Judaism does not prohibit the consumption of alcohol. Sometimes it's even required for religious purposes -- notably you need to drink four "cups" (at least the volume of an olive, IIRC) during the upcoming Passover seder. Of course there still may be differences in consumption patterns though.
- ak_111 3y agoTrue, I should have said something like Mormonoism.
- swed420 3y agoAlcohol is considered to be a known carcinogen fwiw https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a...