An article by Stanton Peele makes the case that there is strong evidence that reasonable levels of drinking are healthy, and if fact beneficial to your health compared with abstinence.
For all levels of drinking, including the highest one, for both men and women, death rates did not reach those for abstainers.
[...] Of course, abstainers may not drink because they are already ill. Thus the meta-analysis relied on studies that eliminated subjects who are abstaining due to illness, or else contrast drinkers with lifetime abstainers.
There isn't a list of references in the article, but this study may be one of the supporting ones: Alcohol Dosing and Total Mortality in Men and Women: An Updated Meta-analysis of 34 Prospective Studies.
There are, no doubt, reasonable criticisms that can be made, but there does seem to be a case for saying that drinking some alcohol is beneficial.
Article also published in: Pacific Standard Magazine
(Score: 2) by MrGuy on Thursday August 28 2014, @08:02PM
You forgot "Fats [soylentnews.org] are much worse for you than carbohydrates. [soylentnews.org]"
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday August 28 2014, @08:08PM
Agreed, the list is pretty much endless.
Throw in a religious element and things get even worse.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday August 28 2014, @10:30PM
You'll never see me eating a Bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday August 29 2014, @09:52AM
Eating it is probably healthier for you than reading it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 29 2014, @02:18PM
Perhaps you should become one of those Dawkin atheists and gain a healthy independent mind. ;)