CZ and SH were employed by Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.”
From the study:
https://newsroom.uw.edu/media-coverage/there-no-safe-level-a...
I may not take quite as an extreme view as Hunter S. Thompson, but he was onto something when he wrote:
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a Ride!'"
No one should pressure you into having alcohol if it's not your choice, but it brings joy to other people's lives in moderation like many other things. If you ate BBQ or heavy desserts every day you'd probably die young in the hospital, too, but that doesn't make them something for everyone to totally avoid always. Many things technically take time off our lives, but are also the small joys which make life worth living in the first place. Balance is key.
This is probably the source btw, with a better summary and link to the actual Lancet article : https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/04-01-2023-no-level-of-...
Today, I don’t drink any alcohol appreciably. If drinking a beer over a week or so might help, I’d be interested in trying it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966200/
Though there are plenty of other things that are good for gut health having nothing to do with beer. I don't know a lot about beer. I'm basically a non-drinker. But I do know a lot about gut health.
If you drink beer and you want to feel good about it, cool. I have no problem with that. But there are lots of other ways to support gut health if that is your real goal.