{"id":216,"date":"2025-01-26T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2025-09-27T23:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:29:50","slug":"the-debate-is-drinking-alcohol-ever-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"The Debate: &#8220;Is Drinking Alcohol Ever Good for you?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3c9586f200c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Martini image\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3c9586f200c img-responsive\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3c9586f200c-300wi\" style=\"width: 201px;\" title=\"Martini image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is from the magazine Popular Science and I think is a really good review. There is a virtually unanimous opinion that more than moderate drinking &#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>&quot;Every single source agreed that alcohol consumption exceeding one standard drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men can have negative health consequences, and that drinking beyond that level brings significantly increased risks of accidental injury and death, certain cancers, heart problems, liver disease, cognitive impairments, and more.&quot;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However the debate is whether the so-called standard level is unhealthy, has no effect or even could be beneficial. The date is very mixed. The article takes less than ten minutes to read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/is-alcohol-good-for-you\/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us\">Yet a small risk is a very different thing from a small benefit, at the public health level, and that\u2019s where the consensus breaks down.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whole article is definitely worth reading &#8211; especially if like Farandaville you enjoy a drink. Here is the closing paragraph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cIf you believe in both the [positive and negative] effects, you should try to look at the reasonable risks you\u2019re willing to take,\u201d says Rehm. Whether or not to drink is a personal choice, and sometimes science has limits.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3c95871200c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Martini 3\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3c95871200c img-responsive\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3c95871200c-250wi\" style=\"width: 201px;\" title=\"Martini 3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from the magazine Popular Science and I think is a really good review. There is a virtually unanimous opinion that more than moderate drinking &#8211; &quot;Every single source agreed that alcohol consumption exceeding one standard drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men can have negative health consequences, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7036,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/7036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}