> Moderate alcohol intake (vs none, occasional, or heavy)
I thought it had already been shown that the only healthy amount of alcohol is zero. I'm also surprised that "moderate" is better than "occasional".
I thought it had already been shown that the only healthy amount of alcohol is zero. I'm also surprised that "moderate" is better than "occasional".
But the real world is full of trade offs and confounders. Like the increased socialization with friends & co workers could have health benefits that outweigh the negatives of alcohol. Or that many people who drink nothing are ex-alcoholics.
Considering only the contexts where you have trade offs and use it as public advice is plain wrong.
[1] which may not be true of humans, but it's not scifi either. Some species, like octopuses if I'm not mistaken, die after breeding (for the male this means "sometime after having sex", for the female it's more complicated).
Turns out the researcher behind those studies faked data and got caught up in the replication crisis.
>Put simply – many of the abstainers were either ex-alcoholics or people with factors that would increase the risk of premature death (that is why probably they stopped drinking).
It has been, but asking people to completely refrain from alcohol is basically a non-starter for a huge part of the population.
So no, I do not have any underlying mental / health issues. Just do not give a fuck about drinking. It did not impede my social life either. I still meet with friends just as before.
Non-drinkers might have reasons not to drink. Like taking medicaments, health issues, etc.