• KiloGex@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “I don’t want to say that there are necessarily equivalent health risks,”

    I mean, they said it themselves. Drinking responsibly and in moderation poses no recorded long-term health risks. But even 1 cigarette a day can cause serious harm.

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      Not quite. Even the accepted amount poses increased threats to being diagnosed with cancer (it is a carcinogen at the end of the day): https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohols-effects-body

      It is incredibly worse with breast cancer too.

      “Evidence is consistent that intake, even intake of less than 10-15 grams per day, is associated with increased risk of this disease”

      https://arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/volume/40/2/alcohols-effects-breast-cancer-women

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        That study is a major failure in one key respect: Europeans drink far more than North Americans on average … and have longer lifespans than North Americans on average.

        Perhaps there is something coughobesitycough that might be better to address first instead of going full metal Karen on people who enjoy a tipple at the pub at the end of a day?

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          And we Europeans would have an even longer lifespan if we didn’t drink literal poison.

          I get it, it is fun. I partake in it every so often.

          But don’t claim alcohol isn’t harmful. It is one of the most harmful drugs to your body and to society. Even worse than heroin. According to a UK study.

          Don’t forget that 60% of aggression where the police needs to intervene has to do with alcohol.

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            1 year ago

            Aggressive drunkenness is cultural.

            Drunks here get loud and maudlin, but not aggressive; nowhere near the extent of, say, British drunkards or Canadian ones, or American ones. Same in Japan, incidentally, and Korea.

            Alcohol reduces your inhibitions. What’s being inhibited is purely on the person being exposed and the culture they’re from.

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      It looks harmless, since you need to drink in order to stay alive.

      But alcohol is nothing more than just poison. Which is why it gives our body the sensation of being poisoned.

      And it works in contrary, since it actively dehydrates the body.