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Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says by psergeant on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:24AM (#16847483)
I would argue the availability of factors that confound it suggest that the effect of moderate alcohol consumption must be tiny
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Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says by stevejb on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:15AM (#16847680)
Look at american religious groups such as Mormons or Seventh Day Adventists. You could even go even further and look at the health effects of people who have left those religions and began drinking afterwards, compared to their siblings who stayed in. It would be near impossible to get this data, but you could even do a twin study on this. This would essentially isolate the effects of alcohol, as otherwise the lifestyles are nearly idential in terms of anything that would relate to physical health.
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Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says by icebraining on Monday April 16, 2018 @08:13AM (#16848380)
the lifestyles are nearly idential in terms of anything that would relate to physical health

Well, that's begging the question; how do we know that the other differences don't relate to physical health if we must do comparative studies to know if one difference (alcohol consumption) does?

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Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says by psergeant on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:08AM (#16847855)
I wonder if comparing different populations in Utah and adjusting for % mormon would work? Provo vs SLC for example
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Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says by adrianN on Monday April 16, 2018 @08:15AM (#16848395)
I imagine leaving the Mormons has some effect on your health. Social connections and stress are pretty important.
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Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says by whatyoucantsay on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:39AM (#16849270)
Seventh Day Adventists are also vegetarian, which almost certainly has health implications of some sort.
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