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Evidence Mounting That Moderate Drinking Is Healthful
New York Times ^
| December 30, 2002
| ABIGAIL ZUGER
Posted on 12/30/2002 11:40:04 AM PST by milestogo
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posted on
12/30/2002 11:40:04 AM PST
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milestogo
To: Catholicguy
ping
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posted on
12/30/2002 11:42:22 AM PST
by
Desdemona
To: milestogo
Thirty years ago, health officials were so uncomfortable with this idea that a federal agency tried to suppress early data on alcohol's beneficial effects.30 years ago I read the same exact sentence.
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; FreedomPoster; Timesink; AntiGuv; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
12/30/2002 11:44:45 AM PST
by
mhking
To: milestogo
Works for me... If it's in the NY Times it must be true!!!
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posted on
12/30/2002 11:46:03 AM PST
by
DKNY
To: milestogo
Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.
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posted on
12/30/2002 11:50:00 AM PST
by
BIGZ
To: milestogo
I think I am going to have a very therapeutic New Year's Eve.
To: milestogo
Moderate drinking can help prevent strokes, amputated limbs and dementia. But heavy drinking can bring on dementia with a vengeance.
To: WilliamWallace1999
I think I am going to have a very therapeutic New Year's Eve.You mean you're going to self medicate? The horror!
To: milestogo
Moderate drinking was about as good for the heart as an hour of exercise a day.
There IS a God!
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posted on
12/30/2002 12:01:26 PM PST
by
ricpic
To: milestogo
I'm coming out with a new brand name for beer:
"Moderately"
No matter how many of them you consume, you can truthfully respond that you "Only drink moderately".
To: milestogo
"Moderate drinking can help prevent ... amputated limbs"
However, it would be prudent to stay away from chainsaws after drinking to enjoy this reduction of the risk of amputation.
To: milestogo
"Gimme back muh beer!" alert.
To: milestogo
What I would like to see is a total public health analysis of alcohol use. The total health benefits vs. the total health problems as a result of alcohol use in our society (not french, german, etc.). My guess is that the total loss of health (mental, physical, emotional) far outweighs any benefits that could be attained by moderate use of alcohol.
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posted on
12/30/2002 12:45:29 PM PST
by
templar
To: milestogo
WAHOO!
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posted on
12/30/2002 12:51:51 PM PST
by
isiti
To: templar
There was a Harvard study a while back that looked at the risk of DEATH against alcohol consumption. Answer: Two drinks per day minimized death as an outcome, and was better than being a tea-totaller. One or three drinks were better than none, but four or more were worse than none.
I think I'll go home and have a couple of glasses with dinner.
To: ricpic
Nothing is better than a nice, well-aged, mellow Merlot...two glasses a day. Or more, what the hell.
To: Brad Cloven
There was a Harvard study a while back that looked at the risk of DEATH against alcohol consumption.Not exactly wha I mean. I'm talking all benefits vs. all problems from consumption of alcohol. What would the risk of death be of all alcohol consumers vs. non conusmers (including things like auto accidents and getting drunk and assulitng a cop who shoots you). Add in all legal problems, broken families, the generational mental health effects of growing up in drunken homes, etc. My guess is that our society would be a lot better off without alcohol than with it.
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posted on
12/30/2002 1:10:35 PM PST
by
templar
To: templar
My guess is that our society would be a lot better off without alcohol than with it. Um, I believe that has been tried in this country. The results were not good. More people died of "lead poisioning" especially in certain parts of Chicago during that great "experiment".
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posted on
12/30/2002 1:22:07 PM PST
by
mc5cents
To: Desdemona
I must of been an extremely healthy college student.
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posted on
12/30/2002 1:27:17 PM PST
by
Maynerd
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