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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more
(hsph.harvard.edu)
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Less strong, but since they drank beer instead of water overall consumption was higher. Lots of people should still drink less though.
Yeah! It was seen as an everyday good feeling healthy thing back then and not just something to get wasted on, though that happened a lot too. I'd take the ancient mindset of moderation over today's alcohol addicted society anyday.
Not sure it was so much about good feeling. From what I read it was more about booze being less likely to grant you a plague debuff than water back in the days.
It's almost certainly both. It's not like alcohol is the only drug humans have used. Most do not have that justification, yet they're still used.