I eventually almost forgot about the topic and was just amazed by the effort that went into making this this readable.

Someone told me about a paper long ago. It compared 2 groups of heavy drinkers, one drinking mostly fancy wines with elaborate expensive meals and the other drinking mostly beer while eating out of a deep fryer.

The banquet winos consumed more alcohol per day but had much better health. They also tested both diets on rats with the same result.

I suppose the moral of the study was that nutrition has such a large effect on health that alcohol hardly makes a difference, even in large amounts.