Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study(theguardian.com)
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Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/18/any-amount-of-alcohol-consumption-harmful-to-the-brain-finds-study
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>Also not clear is the selection criteria.
It's using the data from the UK Biobank study, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Biobank
Also, part of their conclusion is "as with any observational study, we can not infer causality from associations." They are aware of what their study shows, it's the Guardian who oversells it.
It's using the data from the UK Biobank study, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Biobank
Also, part of their conclusion is "as with any observational study, we can not infer causality from associations." They are aware of what their study shows, it's the Guardian who oversells it.
The title says "any" amount then the subtitle say "moderate" which is more than "any" but less than large.
The study's conclusions were both that no safe dose for alcohol was found and that moderate drinking was more harmful than previously recognized.
Is it that the illegal marijuana is safer than the legal alcohol? And the only thing keeping Alcohol in this framework is tradition?
They have very different effects in different time frames, it's not like you could simply swap in marijuana and swap out alcohol for most people.
Personally I am all for full legalization of recreational and medical marijuana. It's always been a way to give power to policing and circumvent the constitution by providing reasonable suspicion and the ability to seize possessions without due process.
But, I have seen some drastic personality changes in friends who start using it habitually. Without the decades of research we have for things like cigarettes and alcohol it's hard to know that it is really safer. Although it is a pretty low bar to clear considering how many people are killed or ruined by them every year.
But, I have seen some drastic personality changes in friends who start using it habitually. Without the decades of research we have for things like cigarettes and alcohol it's hard to know that it is really safer. Although it is a pretty low bar to clear considering how many people are killed or ruined by them every year.
Yeah, whether or not something is safe/good for you is a different question from whether or not it should be legal.
If we banned everything that's bad for you, then vegetable oil should be illegal.
If we banned everything that's bad for you, then vegetable oil should be illegal.
> The study, which is still to be peer-reviewed, suggests...
I'd take this with a grain of salt for now
I'd take this with a grain of salt for now
What else might this be true of, though? Could this just as easily be true of, say, sugar consumption or meat consumption?
Probably most things. Processed foods, various forms of radiation etc. American Experience had a pretty cool show last season (S32E2)on Dr. Harvey Wiley, an american chemist that could largely be considered the father of the FDA. The amount of stuff put in food is pretty crazy.
The reality is the body is pretty resilient though. Its pretty amazing the amount of abuse it can withstand and still keep on ticking.
The reality is the body is pretty resilient though. Its pretty amazing the amount of abuse it can withstand and still keep on ticking.
Also not clear is the selection criteria. Are these people who were going to have an MRI and incidentally were offered a chance to participate in this study? In that case it could have biased the sample - there could be a large group of people drinking alcohol and being just fine but they wouldn’t be seen in this study for the very reason that they are doing fine and weren’t getting MRIs.
Certainly the presented hypothesis could be true but the article would be more convincing if it was more critical of its source material. Correlations are easy, they’re a dime a dozen. Proving causation is the real work.