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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by tapland on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:15AM (#19529026)
Well. What exactly are you expecting in this case? It seems quite unlikely that any study will conclude that alcohol = good. The glass of wine a day myth has not really been supported by science, and everything seems to indicate that alcohol is bad for you.

It's just a matter of how much damage is done, and a bottle of wine per week is a lot.

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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by Err_Eek on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:20AM (#19529044)
A bottle of wine has 8 standard units of alcohol, and the British NHS recommends keeping the intake to < 14 units per week, so a bottle of wine per week should be well within the perfectly fine area.
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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by superpermutat0r on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:36AM (#19529099)
Not true, the relative increased risk is abysmal even for 2 glasses of wine per day. Yeah the j-curve does not exist but it's not as nearly as dangerous as some other stuff we do.
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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by yellowapple on Sunday March 31, 2019 @10:48PM (#19540024)
A bottle a week would (depending on glass and bottle sizes) be about a glass a day.
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