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posted by mrpg on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the hic dept.

Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

LONDON (Reuters) - Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke are not true, according to the results of a major genetic study.

The research, which used data from a 160,000-strong cohort of Chinese adults, many of whom are unable to drink alcohol due to genetic intolerance, found that people who drink moderately - consuming 10 to 20 grams of alcohol a day - raise their risk of stroke by 10 to 15 percent.

For heavy drinkers, consuming four or more drinks a day, blood pressure rises significantly and the risk of stroke increases by around 35 percent, the study found.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:35AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:35AM (#827771) Journal

    So they use a cohort with a predispostion to negative effects from alcohol to suggest that alcohol has negative effects.

    To demonstrate that alcohol, in itself, is a poison (i.e. a substance that is purely a negative for metabolism).
    The underlying assumption is flawed however: the East Asian lacking the genes that allow [wikipedia.org] their body to metabolize alcohol have, otherwise, identical metabolism with all the others.

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