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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With all the information about alcohol causing cancer, Parkinson’s, wrinkles, anxiety, why do you still drink it? What makes you risk your health? Does it make you feel so good that it’s worth the risks?[/quote]

Do you go outside or eat grilled food? The sun, air pollution, and grill also increase your risk of cancer, wrinkles etc. The sun provides vitamin D and grilled meat provides low fat protein.  Similarly, alcohol provides a social ritual that has brought people together for over millenia - even Jesus broke bread and had wine with apostles.  BTW - strong community ties are demonstrated to have the biggest impact on health.  Why would you forego the obvious?[/quote]

Don't bring Jesus into this as an excuse for showing up to church with a hang over.[/quote]

Part of the reason these Prohibitionist threads get a little tiresome are the strawman assertions that drinking equals drunkenness. There’s a lot of ground between an occasional glass of wine and a hangover.[/quote]

Absolutely.

But the people who argue most aggressively that everyone should stop talking about the real health risks of drinking aren't arguing for an occasional glass of wine with a meal. They wax poetic about the social benefits and while I don't think most are advocating for binge drinking, it's pretty obvious they just want to have fun and get buzzed without someone nagging them about the health risks. Nobody REALLY thinks it's good for you, some people think that a small amount might be, kind of good for you, but the recommended amount to have health benefits is currently 2 drinks a day for men, and 1 for women, and that's the number set by industry lobbyists, the scientists who think there may be health benefits suggest 1 drink a day for men and less than 1 for women.

If you are genuinely advocating for the idea that 3x a week, we all have a glass of wine with dinner, I can get on board. But that's not what most of the Booze Crew here are talking about, are they?[/quote]

In no way is drinking alcohol daily moderate. The few people I know who drink daily never stop at one drink. [/quote]

I drink one glass of wine probably 5 nights a week. I don’t like the way two makes me feel, but one is a ritual I enjoy. My cell phone addiction feels wayyy more harmful to me than a glass of wine.

I’m in my late 40s, so I remember the media reports from the 80s touting the health benefits of a daily glass of red wine. Sure, those studies were mostly BS, but some of the new alarmist ones stating the opposite probably are, too. Moderation is key to pretty much everything.

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