Current Events > CEmen you should be having TWO drinks of alcohol EVERYDAY

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For the health benefits

In fact, the evidence that abstinence from alcohol is a cause of heart disease and early death is irrefutableyet this is almost unmentionable in the United States. Even as health bodies like the CDC and Dietary Guidelines for Americans (prepared by Health and Human Services) now recognize the decisive benefits from moderate drinking, each such announcement is met by an onslaught of opposition and criticism, and is always at risk of being reversed.
Noting that even drinking at non-pathological levels above recommended moderate limits gives you a better chance of a longer life than abstaining draws louder protests still. Yet thats exactly what the evidence tells us.
Driven by the cultural residue of Temperance, most Americans still view drinking as unhealthy; many call alcohol toxic. Yet, despite drinking far less than many European nations, Americans have significantly worse health outcomes than heavier-drinking countries. (For example, despite being heavily out-drunk by the English, we have almost exactly twice their levels of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.)

The real mystery is why an intelligent man receiving the best health care advice money can buy thinks that not drinking makes it less likely he will succumb to coronary artery disease (which also includes strokes and dementia).

Read the whole thing here: https://psmag.com/social-justice/truth-wont-admit-drinking-healthy-87891
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nah
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I don't believe it

Just two?
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20556883

CONCLUSIONS:
Alcohol consumption reduces the incidence of T2D, however, binge drinking seems to increase the incidence. Acute intake of alcohol does not increase risk of hypoglycemia in diet treated subjects with T2D, only when sulphonylurea is co-administered. Long-term alcohol use seems to be associated with improved glycemic control in T2D probably due to improved insulin sensitivity.
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DanHarenChamp posted...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20556883

CONCLUSIONS:
Alcohol consumption reduces the incidence of T2D, however, binge drinking seems to increase the incidence. Acute intake of alcohol does not increase risk of hypoglycemia in diet treated subjects with T2D, only when sulphonylurea is co-administered. Long-term alcohol use seems to be associated with improved glycemic control in T2D probably due to improved insulin sensitivity.

The evidence continues to pile up
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Luigi and Tails posted...

Just two?

It's a start
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What about cegals
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DanHarenChamp posted...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20556883

CONCLUSIONS:
Alcohol consumption reduces the incidence of T2D, however, binge drinking seems to increase the incidence. Acute intake of alcohol does not increase risk of hypoglycemia in diet treated subjects with T2D, only when sulphonylurea is co-administered. Long-term alcohol use seems to be associated with improved glycemic control in T2D probably due to improved insulin sensitivity.

What's the ADA's stance on alcohol consumption and T2DM?
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Honestly, 1 drink per day makes sense.....improved glycemic control, lower LDL, increased HDL in the long run, also it decreases your stress, which overall will improve your lifespan and quality of life.

I think 2 should be max per day, 2 small drinks, sure, but definitely not more than that.
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V-E-G-Y- posted...

What about cegals

Just one
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Zurkon posted...

Not really my thing

Enjoy your shorter lifespan
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I heard that alcohol has a helicopter bacteria that helps with gastric ulcers
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Working on my second now!

I can feel the health glide down my throat.
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Who got two last night?
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Moderate drinking causes cancer
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say no to cancer causing substances
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Why aren't Russians immortal, then?

Questionmarktarius posted...

Why aren't Russians immortal, then?

Hey we're talking about moderate drinking here, not rampant drunkenness.
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