how bad is taking 2-3 shots per day - Page 2

the wiki had a lot of conflicting findings which isn't anything surprising with something like health benefits of alcohol. i would hardly say i'm "ignoring answers"

i tried to preface my statements with "i think" but perhaps that's not the best way to qualify a personal view. confounding variables, correlation not meaning causation are all fun topics we regularly talk about on this forum.

i was offering my best attempt of explaining something similar. how it's not the alcohol, or the vitamins, or the antioxidants, olive or coconut oil or X but the social foundation, family, friend, unit or Y that it implies.

i asked because there are medical advancements on a daily basis, and perhaps there was something i missed where we understood the exact metabolic pathway in which alcohol can help or detriment health.

i still find your comments provoking but it might just be my own personal perception

I'm pretty sure that there are studies out there that show that 2 drinks of alcohol per day for men and 1 drink per women is beneficial. The problem occurs when someone drinks more then that recommended amount each or most days for an excessive period of time. Three drinks is probably a bit too much for most people to see beneficial health effects, but it depends on weight as well.

On June 17 2014 18:17 Luhos wrote: I'm pretty sure that there are studies out there that show that 2 drinks of alcohol per day for men and 1 drink per women is beneficial. The problem occurs when someone drinks more then that recommended amount each or most days for an excessive period of time. Three drinks is probably a bit too much for most people to see beneficial health effects, but it depends on weight as well.

i'd also like to see this be true, but so far the evidence is definitely a mixed bag

" Alcohol at moderate levels has some positive and negative effects on health. The negative effects include increased risk of liver diseases, oropharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatitis. Conversely moderate intake of alcohol may have some beneficial effects on gastritis and cholelithiasis.[14] Of the total number of deaths and diseases caused by alcohol, most happen to the majority of the population who are moderate drinkers, rather than the heavy drinker minority."

I'm curious what sources you're looking at for the data. I'll look up some legit scientific studies tomorrow or friday and see what I can find, because I've always heard of beneficial effects with 1-2 drinks a day, but I've never looked up anything myself or seen the studies to verify. I'd imagine that this has been studied quite a bit with how many people around the world drink.