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The article fortunately links to something less ad-filled and editorialised: https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2026/03/18/20/23/The-Health-Impacts-of
by ben_w 8mo ago
The article fortunately links to something less ad-filled and editorialised: https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2026/03/18/20/23/The-Health-Impacts-of-Alcohol-Depend-on-What-You-Drink-And-How-Much https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2026/03/18/20/2...
340,000 adults and 13 years doesn't sound "way too short and glib" to me?
But there is an important missing word: "grape".
Like, what if you only drink non-alcoholic grape juice? Which also has "polyphenols and antioxidants". And of course, such research has in fact been done, and says that yes, grape juice has an effect: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26633488/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26633488/
- bell-cot 8mo agoPoint on the issue with grape juice, or other sources of such nutrients. "short and glib" was a description of the Nautilus article. In the ACC article you linked - notice all the disclaimers in the 5th-to-last paragraph. Plus, if the "lifestyle factors" were self-reported - people who are more health-conscious often assess their own lifestyles by harsher metrics than less health-conscious people. The authors have very good reasons to recommend high-quality randomized trials.