Scientists continue to rethink the idea that moderate drinking offers health benefits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/health/alcohol-cancer-young-adults.html
Maybe someone can provide a gift link.
Scary stuff.
Something to really think about! My parents had cocktail hour every night, cut up vegetables, my mom and dad drank a glass of wine (years early is was a cocktail). My dad probably had 3 glasses, but not my mom (too many calories). She ate clean, low carbs, salad every day for lunch, growing up there wasn’t any treats in the house. She walked at least 4 miles a day and went to exercise classes. She could be borderline annoying when she talked about diet and exercise. She was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at 70, died 4 months later, no history of cancer in the family. She knew something was wrong because she stopped feeling great, then she felt the tumor. If she had read that article I’d bet she would’ve stopped drinking (which she of course after the diagnosis).
If you read the study, it’s useful to know that a “standard” drink has 14g of alcohol.
I personally will stick with my “everything in moderation” routine. And it pays to have good genes.
Is it the alcohol, or the other behaviors that people who drink can have in common? The emphasis added is mine.
“It recommends reducing alcohol consumption, along with making lifestyle changes such as avoiding tobacco, maintaining a healthy diet and weight, exercising, avoiding ultraviolet radiation and minimizing exposure to pollutants.”
To convert this to actual drinks, I just googled it and found:
In the United States, one “standard” drink (or one alcoholic drink equivalent) contains roughly 14 grams of pure alcohol, which is found in: 12 ounces of regular beer, which is usually about 5% alcohol. 5 ounces of wine, which is typically about 12% alcohol. 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, which is about 40% alcohol.
Which is just about how much I used to drink (I am a bit down from this recently).
Idk, that article seemed all over the place.
Mostly that many don’t know that drinking alcohol isn’t healthy.
That red wine study was sponsored by the wine industry as I recall.
Other than that, I thought there was a lot of confusion and conflicting information in an article that wasn’t particularly well written.
That’s just my opinion of course
To take that a little further…is it just that people who have the fortitude to not drink, also are disciplined to exercise more and eat better. It’s epidemiology. Take it with a grain of salt.
I don’t think that’s it. We were in a Tri group that drank like fish. And also did full Iron Man races.
That’s anecdotal. On average vegetarians for example, are also “healthier” in all other aspects of life. It gives the likely false impression that a vegetarian diet is best.
They aren’t much fun at a BBQ.
Grilled veggies are awesome—I’m sure vegetarians would love those!
I’ve been at a couple BBQs hosted by my vegetarian son, and the food was delicious! He and other vegetarians I know seem to have, and are, fun at other people’s BBQs too, weirdly enough. I guess they are their friends are generally good people.
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