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First of two major reports on alcohol finds moderate drinking tied to lower mortality

www.statnews.com First of two major reports on alcohol finds moderate drinking tied to lower mortality

A major report on alcohol's effects contradicts recent studies in finding that moderate drinkers had lower mortality.

First of two major reports on alcohol finds moderate drinking tied to lower mortality

The review, which contradicts some recent studies, will be used to craft the 2025 dietary guidelines

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Two more things:
The details are massively condemning, but the headline cherry-picks out the only nice thing said about alcohol.
And 2:
"Watchdogs have criticized the NASEM committee for including researchers with financial ties to the alcohol beverage industry, and too few panelists with relevant research experience. "
So even the one nice thing is sponsored bullshit anyway.
Nothing to see here, carry on.
- Not to mention that reports on the effects that alcohol has on any individual's mortality tends to ignore the overwhelming effects of pretty much everything else about life on this planet right now and the simple fact that any number of them is more likely to end you before your go-to coping routine outpaces your body's ability to depoison it.
  FFS. The serf shame is deep as pig shit. ✊🏼

I'm going to file this under "people who can afford two expensive drinks daily can also afford a low stress life extending lifestyle", for now.
- Yeah and people who can afford a horse can also afford proper medical care.

The sick-quitter effect rears its head yet again…

Two drinks per day is considered moderate? I call it alcoholism.
But let's all destroy our brains with one of the worst drugs available, just because a review said it could make us live a little longer, after all it's not like alcohol is responsible for the most deadly avoidable cause of death
- I CaLl iT AlCoHoLiSm. What are you in 5th grade in 1994 at a dare presentation? Grow up and leave adults alone.
  
  14 drinks a week is a lot, but alcohol is so normalized in nearly every culture that people respond like you.
  
  When a drug is used in more than a daily frequency,I tend to call it an addiction, yes.
  Your alcoholism doesn't change that.
- TIL a glass a wine with your meal is alcoholism
  What a fucking weirdo.
  
  Replace it with "a cigarette or two"
- You can be against it, and cry about it online, but It's not alcoholism.
- Wait, people actually disagree with this?

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