As opposed to a Dunning-Kruger afflicted a-hole Karens where it comes naturally as a result of their upbringing or genetics.
Not you of course.
Posted on 07/28/2024 10:04:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Probably everyone has heard the conventional wisdom that a glass of wine a day is good for you. The problem is that it's based on flawed scientific research, according to a report.
However, not all studies have painted such a rosy picture—and the new analysis sheds light on why.
In a nutshell, studies linking moderate drinking to health benefits suffer from fundamental design flaws, said Tim Stockwell, Ph.D.
The major issue: Those studies have generally focused on older adults and failed to account for people's lifetime drinking habits. So moderate drinkers were compared with "abstainer" and "occasional drinker" groups that included some older adults who had quit or cut down on drinking because they'd developed any number of health conditions.
"That makes people who continue to drink look much healthier by comparison," Stockwell said.
And, he noted, looks are deceiving.
Stockwell and his colleagues identified 107 published studies. When the researchers combined all the data, it looked like light to moderate drinkers (that is, those who drank between one drink per week and two per day) had a 14% lower risk of dying during the study period compared with abstainers.
Things changed, however, when the investigators did a deeper dive. There were a handful of "higher quality" studies that included people who were relatively young at the outset (younger than 55, on average) and that made sure former and occasional drinkers were not considered "abstainers." In those studies, moderate drinking was not linked to a longer life.
Instead, it was the "lower quality" studies (older participants, no distinction between former drinkers and lifelong abstainers) that did link moderate drinking to greater longevity.
"If you look at the weakest studies," Stockwell said, "that's where you see health benefits."
In reality, he said, moderate drinking likely does not extend people's lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
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Summer time is a good excuse for a float.
Vanilla ice cream and a Leinenkugels Creamy Dark or a Kostritzer Schwarzbier with your cheeseburger and brats.
Its mostly because UN/WEF declared war on alcohol a few years ago and whoever pays the most for the study is always right.
Rehab is for quitters.
Looked into Stockwell’s background and he’s looking like a political hack.
As opposed to a Dunning-Kruger afflicted a-hole Karens where it comes naturally as a result of their upbringing or genetics.
Not you of course.
Yes, for couple of years. Now in my mid-80’s I can eat anything without a problem. It is shocking how much daily exercise benefits us. No doctor told me that.
Yup.🤔
Hmm,maybe I should take up drinking.😋
Just like the gonefs who ripped off the tobacco industry.
This is not a hill l would die on. If someone wants to drink a bit it’s their choice.
LOL! I had to go to AA for months over a DUI conviction and couldn't get out of there fast enough. All the depressing stories made me want to drink.
But hey...free coffee!
https://www.azquotes.com/author/14883-Mark_Twain/tag/drinking#google_vignette
Give an Irishman lager for a month and he’s a dead man. An Irishman’s stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.
I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.
You cant reach old age by another man’s road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you
Mark Twain
My guess is global puppeteers want drugs to replace alcohol. Soon, they’ll be handing out pot gummies in elementary school to improve behavior.
Bravo, Johnny Carson.
Everyone is built different. My grandfather drank whisky until he died of a stroke at 90. My dad died of lung cancer at 60. My mom killed herself at 50. My grandmother lived to 95. Who knows when we will die. Enjoy life. Screw the doctors, they will die too.
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