▲ 521 ▼ Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more (hsph.harvard.edu) submitted 2 months ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/science@lemmy.world 185 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 14 points 2 months ago (1 child) "Poison is bad for you." permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 months ago (7 children) Dose makes the poison. Water can kill you. There's nothing wrong with alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 child) As someone who enjoys drinking alcohol: there's no beneficial or harmless amount of alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah I'm sober a year now due to drinking myself into severe heart failure (ejection fraction of 17%, up to 47% now) and this is correct. If you can enjoy it great, but the second people start making excuses it's over, it's just a matter of how long the slide takes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) There's nothing wrong with alcohol. Science says otherwise permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tobberone@feddit.nu -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) Depends on what the alternative is. I'd prefer a beer to the water water of Flint i.e. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Actually it doesn't depend. Acknowledging alcohol is bad for you makes no claim that other things are better or worse. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago I say this as someone who deeply enjoys the occasional drink: there is no known minimum safe dose of alcohol. Every drink shortens your potential lifespan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago Whoever this "Dose" person is we need to stop them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SleepyTeddybear@lemmus.org 2 points 2 months ago As a nurse, yeah no, you can't really compare those. Water is essential for the human body. Alcohol has no benefits for the human body, quite the opposite. As far as I know, medicine came to the conclusion that there is no amount higher than 0 that won't harm your body. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago In theory, cocaine, opiates, etc. too. It's just that our culture does not fearmonger about "ethanol addiction", does not call "drinking" a slang term of junkies, and you cannot go to the shop to buy "Wallstreet Rush Hour", "Businessmen's salad", or "Charlie's Home-made Snowstorm". permalink fedilink source parent [–] liuther9@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago One of the best substances but it is harmful permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 months ago (7 children) Dose makes the poison. Water can kill you. There's nothing wrong with alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 child) As someone who enjoys drinking alcohol: there's no beneficial or harmless amount of alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah I'm sober a year now due to drinking myself into severe heart failure (ejection fraction of 17%, up to 47% now) and this is correct. If you can enjoy it great, but the second people start making excuses it's over, it's just a matter of how long the slide takes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) There's nothing wrong with alcohol. Science says otherwise permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tobberone@feddit.nu -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) Depends on what the alternative is. I'd prefer a beer to the water water of Flint i.e. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Actually it doesn't depend. Acknowledging alcohol is bad for you makes no claim that other things are better or worse. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago I say this as someone who deeply enjoys the occasional drink: there is no known minimum safe dose of alcohol. Every drink shortens your potential lifespan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago Whoever this "Dose" person is we need to stop them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SleepyTeddybear@lemmus.org 2 points 2 months ago As a nurse, yeah no, you can't really compare those. Water is essential for the human body. Alcohol has no benefits for the human body, quite the opposite. As far as I know, medicine came to the conclusion that there is no amount higher than 0 that won't harm your body. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago In theory, cocaine, opiates, etc. too. It's just that our culture does not fearmonger about "ethanol addiction", does not call "drinking" a slang term of junkies, and you cannot go to the shop to buy "Wallstreet Rush Hour", "Businessmen's salad", or "Charlie's Home-made Snowstorm". permalink fedilink source parent [–] liuther9@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago One of the best substances but it is harmful permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 child) As someone who enjoys drinking alcohol: there's no beneficial or harmless amount of alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah I'm sober a year now due to drinking myself into severe heart failure (ejection fraction of 17%, up to 47% now) and this is correct. If you can enjoy it great, but the second people start making excuses it's over, it's just a matter of how long the slide takes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah I'm sober a year now due to drinking myself into severe heart failure (ejection fraction of 17%, up to 47% now) and this is correct. If you can enjoy it great, but the second people start making excuses it's over, it's just a matter of how long the slide takes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) There's nothing wrong with alcohol. Science says otherwise permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tobberone@feddit.nu -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) Depends on what the alternative is. I'd prefer a beer to the water water of Flint i.e. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Actually it doesn't depend. Acknowledging alcohol is bad for you makes no claim that other things are better or worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tobberone@feddit.nu -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) Depends on what the alternative is. I'd prefer a beer to the water water of Flint i.e. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Actually it doesn't depend. Acknowledging alcohol is bad for you makes no claim that other things are better or worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Actually it doesn't depend. Acknowledging alcohol is bad for you makes no claim that other things are better or worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago I say this as someone who deeply enjoys the occasional drink: there is no known minimum safe dose of alcohol. Every drink shortens your potential lifespan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago Whoever this "Dose" person is we need to stop them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SleepyTeddybear@lemmus.org 2 points 2 months ago As a nurse, yeah no, you can't really compare those. Water is essential for the human body. Alcohol has no benefits for the human body, quite the opposite. As far as I know, medicine came to the conclusion that there is no amount higher than 0 that won't harm your body. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago In theory, cocaine, opiates, etc. too. It's just that our culture does not fearmonger about "ethanol addiction", does not call "drinking" a slang term of junkies, and you cannot go to the shop to buy "Wallstreet Rush Hour", "Businessmen's salad", or "Charlie's Home-made Snowstorm". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago One of the best substances but it is harmful permalink fedilink source parent