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Re:Mounting criticism of NIH's relationship with the alcohol... by subcosmos on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:28PM (#16748770)
Beware of the longevity-promoting dogma that has been pushed by the alcohol industry. Some recent studies have shown that many prior studies have failed to account for the fact that many people who abstain from alcohol are in fact recovered alcoholics with a higher all-cause mortality. If you separate that group out, the health benefits are no longer observed.

https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/22/alcohol-longevity-benefi...

https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.2016.77.185

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Re:Mounting criticism of NIH's relationship with the alcohol... by scott_s on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:57PM (#16749106)
In addition to that, many people who abstain do so for other health reasons. That is, they're not recovering alcoholics, but they have an unrelated health condition which causes them to abstain from alcohol, and that condition has a higher mortality rate than the general population.
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Re:Mounting criticism of NIH's relationship with the alcohol... by sbinthree on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:29PM (#16749982)
Further the main study showing longevity benefits of red wine didn't control for wealth. Rich people live long and drink red wine, but they are not necessarily related.
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