Re:Americans Are Drinking Less
by anovikov on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:40AM
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Dangerous trend. Soviet Union fell apart when due to Gorby's anti-alcohol program, people saw the country they lived in with the sober eyes for the first time...
Re:Americans Are Drinking Less
by h4waii on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @01:12PM
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Hot take, but if people making the personal decision to abstain from drinking what is essentially poison, causes society to collapse, things are irreversibly broken, IMO.
Re:Americans Are Drinking Less
by infamouscow on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @02:45PM
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How dangerous?
A non-zero number of people have died drinking water, eating, or taking a shit. Just saying something is dangerous is banal and does nothing to amplify the discussion.
Re:Americans Are Drinking Less
by more_corn on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:50PM
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There was a recent study rolling up the previous studies of alcohol and health. It painted a pretty damning picture of the negative health effects of drinking.
Tl:dr the safe number of drinks per day is probably zero. The safe number of drinks per week might be two.
I suspect we’re starting to catch on to the fact that it’s super bad for heath, much the same way we did with smoking.
Re:Americans Are Drinking Less
by feet on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:19PM
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We have actually known this for a long time but the alcohol industry love to fund studies and reports that say dumb shit like wine is good for your heart
A non-zero number of people have died drinking water, eating, or taking a shit. Just saying something is dangerous is banal and does nothing to amplify the discussion.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
Tl:dr the safe number of drinks per day is probably zero. The safe number of drinks per week might be two.
I suspect we’re starting to catch on to the fact that it’s super bad for heath, much the same way we did with smoking.