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Drink up but please don't say it's good for you.
Its about money. They want to see people continuing alcohol consumption.
Drink up but please don't say it's good for you.
Ceffer says
Drink up but please don't say it's good for you.
Multiple studies have shown that a moderate amount of alcohol does decrease the risk of heart attack. That's pretty well proven.
On the flip side, alcohol does increase cancer risk linearly with the amount you drink.
There is a point at which the two effects cancel out in terms of life expectancy, and above that level is negative for health.
Drink up but please don't say it's good for you.
After multivariate adjustment, moderate drinkers (those who consumed less than 15.0 g of alcohol per day [about one drink]) had better mean cognitive scores than nondrinkers. ... There were no significant associations between higher levels of drinking (15.0 to 30.0 g per day) and the risk of cognitive impairment or decline. ...
Habitual excess alcohol intake impairs the brain,1 but the effect of moderate consumption is unclear. A cognitive benefit from moderate alcohol intake is plausible, given the strong link between moderate alcohol intake and the decreased risk of cardiovascular disease2,3; cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disease share common risk factors.
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