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What is something that everybody does right now that is common and normal but is actually probably very unhealthy? (piefed.world)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Like the Romans used to drink from lead cups. Something like that.

(it appears that the moderator is removing any replies with which he disagrees. It might be a piefed issue. But all the removed replies are top level and upopular. Stranger coincidences have happened I suppose.)

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[+] -34 points 12 hours ago (9 children)

Alcohol has been consumed by humans for thousands of years and in reasonable quantities can actually have health benefits.

What you’re talking about is alcohol to excess, or alcoholism. Alcoholism is a disease and is typically connected to other mental issues.

Maybe better recognition and support for mental health starting earlier would address some of that.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    Better answer: we've been doing it so long that it's just kinda part of human existence. It's not great for you but I've also had sex with a fair amount of guys that keep their hands on their dick while watching women that don't even look human so much they they've busted their nerve endings and struggle to cum in a real vagina. Doesn't mean masturbation or porn is good or bad for you but both are sure as hell things humans have been doing for millennia. Humans also really love to gamble, eat fast food, and get on social media. Stop shitting on the behaviors of the human individual, guillotine the 1%, prevent corporations from owning real estate, tax any individuals' third property at 100% annually and exponentially for every property more than that, make it illegal to work without minimum wage even as punishment for a crime, and remind the 5% that it's their job to pay for bread, circuses, and thirdspaces. That's 90% of modern problems fixed right there.

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  • [–] 42 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

    in reasonable quantities can actually have health benefits.

    What you're referring to is a wrong interpretation of data.

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  • [+] -7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (5 children)

    Maybe source your claims: Stanford or Mayo.

    And then I can source mine

    Then perhaps we can agree the harms of alcohol are apparent but the benefits are disputed.

    Edit: at least I learned something I hadn’t known before because of your comment so thanks for that.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 hours ago

    The study found that people who drank a little had, on average, better health than those that abstained entirely. The study failed to mention that a notable portion of those that abstain were abstaining due to health reasons. As in, their health was already bad and was the reason they chose not (or were not allowed) to drink. But, of course, the alcohol industry ran with the first part and has been pushing it ever since. Once you reduce the abstinent group to only those freely abstaining, the average health for the dry subjects is back in the lead.

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  • [+] 4 points 11 hours ago (3 children)
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