It is always fun to write a lengthy blog, a detailed thread, and have someone strawman two minor points in that broad discussion to argue that you're wronghttps://twitter.com/sib313/status/1032217398118637576 …
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I am not denying the evidence, merely pointing out that there is good reason to believe that the common interpretation - moderate drinking is beneficial - runs counter to a significant body of evidence as well as biological plausibility
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I said this all much less academically in my thread, but if you wanted an academic word-salad there you go
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@GidMK is spot on here. Studies indicating health benefits of mod drinking are in fact poorly controlled analyses. They show that rich people drink moderately and can afford better nutrition and healthy lifestyles; not that drinking is healthy. -
I disagree. That hypothesis has never been solidly shown to explain the major pattern observed in the relationship between drinking and health. It is been possible that we overestimate the harms by doing this adjustment badly.
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