Adults should have no more than one drink a day, a team of scientists says
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/adults-no-one-drink-day-team-scientists-says-rcna349046
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/adults-no-one-drink-day-team-scientists-says-rcna349046
37 Comments
guillem@aussie.zone · 32 pts · 79d
The only healthy amount of alcohol is zero.
Kushan@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 79d
From a purely physical perspective that is probably true, however it's worth factoring in the mental aspect as well. With the world going to shit in a big way, having a drink on a Sunday afternoon might help take the edge off for some folks.
Everything is about moderation, don't take this as me championing binge drinking or anything like that, just that things that are physically bad for you can absolutely be used in moderation for enjoyment and that's important too.
ComradePedro@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 79d
Weed or Xanax or both is far safer than alcohol and works pretty well for that purpose
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 79d
I stopped drinking entirely as soon as I discovered cannabis edibles. Thanks Canada! Wouldn't personally "recommend" them or any other drug to anyone else but it seems to work okay for me.
procapra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 79d
Both are far less accessible. Although weed beverages are becoming more common.
queermunist@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 79d
Drinking a depressant will not help you feel better tbh
Kushan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
It can, it really depends.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4053968/
It can help reduce stress levels, helping you to relax and unwind. To be clear, it's not a long term solution, it's not a panacea and it has its own drawbacks, but people in this thread keep jumping to excessive drinking as a reason it's bad and completely ignore that plenty of people are capable of moderating their intake.
It doesn't have to be alcohol, this applies to damn near everything. We could be talking about burgers or marijuana, anyone ingesting either of those every day is heading for a bad time. But once now and again? It's not going to do any harm.
GaumBeist@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 79d
Here's a 2000 study that is, in part, a response to your 1985 review:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11053757/
Their conclusion:
In other words: you have committed the cardinal science sin of looking for sources that support your conclusion, instead of vice-versa. You shall now be punished with 100 hours of defending your position in this minor argument that you don't feel strongly about from random strangers online, including several hours that won't be used for several years until some weirdo with no social graces decides to respond to a thread that hasn't been active in about a decade.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 79d
that is not true at all.
that's juat terrible advice, ask any drug addict, or alcoholic or watch the video by Yul Brynner
I'm not saying don't do it, I am suggeatibg encourgaing people to do stupid shit is a terrible thing to do.
https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prevention/diet-and-exercise/limit-alcohol
Kushan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 79d
I'm literally saying that moderation is crucial. Drug addicts and alcoholics by their very definition are not doing things in moderation.
You can do "healthy" things to excess as well, you can exercise too much, you can literally breathe too much, so don't go using an extreme as an example as to why something is bad.
guillem@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 79d
I see your point. What I wrote before was just me feeling that the article was failing to make it clear enough.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 79d
That isn't even remotely true.
A modest amount works with the body.
queermunist@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 79d
No, your body can handle a modest amount. That doesn't mean it's healthy. A modest amount still produces acetaldehyde, a group 1 carcinogen that always causes at least some damage. While there is a safe level of consumption, but no level is healthy.
dessalines@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 79d
Yep. The body can take small amounts of any poison. Doesn't mean its "healthy" for it.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 79d
That some damage is absolutely negligible.
queermunist@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 79d
But it's not healthy.
"Healthy" means something, right? It doesn't just mean "negligibly harmful" but rather "improves health."
And it doesn't.
guillem@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 79d
Yeah no.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 79d
Link to multiple studies that all confirm this
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 79d
Yeah...
That's incompatible with my lifestyle
Darthcapi@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 79d
Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 79d
Logical
Evotech@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
Why not 7
DemandtheOxfordComma@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 79d
What about children? /s
UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 79d
We're all going to die. Having some fun on the way out is all I ask.
garbagehead@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 79d
And the research from that big longitudinal study shows there is no safe amount. My doc was surprised when I quoted the study to him -- he'd read it too. If something else in society (not guns in the US) caused as many accidents/deaths a year it would be banned tomorrow.
Evotech@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 79d
Can I have 7 once a week?
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 79d
asking the real questions
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 79d
I'm perfectly OK with drinking less than one drink per day for a 1 in 1000 chance. It's probably less than that, as I've never met an alcoholic who is honest about their consumption.
However, 2 drinks per day becoming a 1 in 25 risk is well beyond an exponential increase.
someonesmall@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 79d
If you drink alkohol everyday you're an alcoholic.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d
…Kinda surprised by comments.
I know some are jokes, but I drink like… a few times a month? With longer stints of less, maybe daily on vacation. And that feels like a lot to me.
Everyone I’ve known who drinks every day is an alcoholic. Even beer enthusiasts I know don’t do that; they’ll do like an IPA can or two a day, but not more than 7 a week average.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 79d
Shut up, nerds
flamekhan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d
Isn't it hilarious that we're focusing on this when there are literally thousands of other environmental and lifestyle choices we make everyday that probably have just as much (if not more) of an impact on our lives? Maybe the US should do a study on how their shitty Healthcare system has a much more profound impact on outcomes then a sip of bourbon every couple days. 🙄
TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 79d
Did they say how big the drink could be?
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 78d
Ok
Jentu@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 79d
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 79d
They can't handle the tooth
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 79d
Shouldn't tell adults what to do
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 79d
Shouldn't conflate the publishing of a health study with "telling" anyone what to do as an adult.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 78d
That's literally the tiltle