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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cardiologist says a glass of wine (not a bottle of wine) with dinner is a net health benefit. Disagree with OP's (false) premise that any non-zero amount of alcohol is harmful. [/quote]

I’m not one of the teetotalers in this thread, but fyi I believe it recently emerged that the the study that said a glass of wine was a net benefit didn’t compare wine drinkers to non-drinkers — it compared wine-drinkers to the general population, which included many hard liquor drinkers.

I hate to say that, and I feel like the world’s biggest buzzkill. The NYT Daily podcast did an episode on the science last summer. [/quote]

It was not just one study. And the quality of NYT reporting on science is abysmal. They *regularly* confound correlation with causation.

If there is a specific study you are reading from a refereed journal please do post a full citation so I can get a copy. (I have access to a good quality science library through work.)[/quote]

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