> In fact, the evidence that abstinence from alcohol is a cause of heart disease and early death is irrefutable I'm sorry, but the author drastically overstate

> In fact, the evidence that abstinence from alcohol is a cause of heart disease and early death is irrefutable I'm sorry, but the author drastically overstates the certainty of our current knowledge. Every single piece of evidence he marshals is a study, not an experiment, so who knows what the confounding factors are. And even worse, the studies necessarily depend on self-reported alcohol consumption, which, as any doctor knows, is basically just a bunch of lies. There's a huge history of scientific consensuses being wrong, particularly surrounding health in the last 30 years. I think we should be cautious about jumping to conclusions of what these studies actually mean. That he calls his hypothesis "irrefutable" is downright appalling.