But that isn’t what the collective evidence says despite much effort to prove otherwise. Believe what you want but don’t deny the evidence.
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Replying to @sib313
Generally speaking, the more rigorous the control for confounding, the more attenuated the positive correlation btwn alcohol and outcomes becomes. The few controlled trials on the subject have seen the opposite result. Given that it is biologically unlikely...
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...that alcohol is providing a benefit, and there are known, direct causal pathways between alcohol and harm, it is reasonable to conclude that even moderate intakes of alcohol are harmful. This has also been shown in a number of epidemiological studies...
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...such as this one, from NZ, where the association appeared significantly protective but was entirely mitigated through controlling for social confounders: https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/geronb/gbw152/2645642/The-Health-Benefits-of-Moderate-Drinking-in-Older?redirectedFrom=fulltext …
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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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Replying to @GidMK
What this proves is that your initial assumptions (alcohol is harmful) dominate the way you interpret evidence from the literature. Also that the literature if full of contradicting results.
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Replying to @sib313
Hardly. There are enormous bodies of evidence on the harms of alcohol. There is no debate whatsoever that large quantities are harmful. The question is whether a subclinical level of consumption over long time periods is problematic
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Replying to @sib313
Are you implying that alcohol is risk-free? Because that is a truly astounding assertion
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Replying to @GidMK
No, too much alcohol clearly isn't risk free. As with anything: the dose makes the poison. But there is a legitimate debate about the level where drinking becomes a problem.
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Interestingly, I have never used the word "problem". I think there are clear social benefits to drinking that I always mention in my articles You can acknowledge both the social benefits and the likely health harms without contradiction
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