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    From gggg gggg@ggggg9271@gmail.com to alt.food.wine on Wed Apr 12 19:09:03 2023
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    https://news.yahoo.com/t-even-pretend-drinking-good-120000891.html
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  • From Mark Lipton@notpil@eudrup.ude to alt.food.wine on Thu Apr 13 14:21:15 2023
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.wine

    On 4/12/23 10:09 PM, gggg gggg wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/t-even-pretend-drinking-good-120000891.html

    As I've written elsewhere, anyone who believed that even moderate
    drinking was *good* for them was engaging in a bit of magical thinking.
    The message from this study is that moderate drinking, defined as no
    more than 2 drinks a day for women and 3 for men, isn't particularly
    harmful for most people. Combine that with the demonstrated health
    benefits of resveratrol consumption and that still makes red wine one of
    the less harmful alcoholic beverages that one can drink. In particular, resveratrol has been shown to have anti-cancer activity at every stage
    of the disease, and this is welcome news since alcohol is a known
    carcinogen.

    Mark Lipton
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  • From Dan the Man@dan708@yahoo.com to alt.food.wine on Fri Apr 14 09:15:58 2023
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.wine

    On Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 2:21:19rC>PM UTC-4, Mark Lipton wrote:
    On 4/12/23 10:09 PM, gggg gggg wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/t-even-pretend-drinking-good-120000891.html

    As I've written elsewhere, anyone who believed that even moderate
    drinking was *good* for them was engaging in a bit of magical thinking.
    The message from this study is that moderate drinking, defined as no
    more than 2 drinks a day for women and 3 for men, isn't particularly
    harmful for most people. Combine that with the demonstrated health
    benefits of resveratrol consumption and that still makes red wine one of
    the less harmful alcoholic beverages that one can drink. In particular, resveratrol has been shown to have anti-cancer activity at every stage
    of the disease, and this is welcome news since alcohol is a known carcinogen.

    Mark Lipton
    I think it was in the 80's when I first heard about researchers puzzling over the question of how French people had less heart disease than Americans in spite of a high % of them smoking and eating rich foods. Red wine was their answer at the time, though I haven't paid attention to whether they still think that's true.
    Dan-O (I'll still drinks reds, regardless!)
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  • From dalewilli...@gmail.com@dalewilliamsmidrun@gmail.com to alt.food.wine on Tue Apr 18 13:08:08 2023
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.wine

    On Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 2:21:19rC>PM UTC-4, Mark Lipton wrote:
    On 4/12/23 10:09 PM, gggg gggg wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/t-even-pretend-drinking-good-120000891.html

    As I've written elsewhere, anyone who believed that even moderate
    drinking was *good* for them was engaging in a bit of magical thinking.
    The message from this study is that moderate drinking, defined as no
    more than 2 drinks a day for women and 3 for men, isn't particularly
    harmful for most people. Combine that with the demonstrated health
    benefits of resveratrol consumption and that still makes red wine one of
    the less harmful alcoholic beverages that one can drink. In particular, resveratrol has been shown to have anti-cancer activity at every stage
    of the disease, and this is welcome news since alcohol is a known carcinogen.

    Mark Lipton
    Indeed. It's self delusion to drink for your health. Life is full of choices and compromises, but best to make the choices with reason - when doing a cost/benefit analysis need to be clear and not list costs as benefits!
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