Benefits of single glass of wine a day debunked

[Art Vandelay]

Put down the pinot: Benefits of single glass debunked

You are going to need a better justification for your evening sharpener.

A single glass of wine a night probably does not have the health benefits we have been led to believe, a new study has claimed.

The research suggests that the real reason why moderate drinkers live longer than those who abstain is because those who are teetotal often have a reason for giving up drink — such as already being ill or an alcoholic.

Once you correct for that anomaly, the research found that the apparent health benefits of alcohol essentially disappear.

Having had to give up drinking due to severe alcohol intolerance from my ME, it seemed obvious to me that many teetotal because they are already in poor health. I'm not surprised to see that the supposed benefits of moderate drinking are illusory.

Once again we have a case of a myth being perpetuated because scientists confused correlation with causation.

I'm glad to see some researchers are still capable of asking the right questions.

 

[alktipping]

i always saw that as marketing rather than a proven fact .marketing/advertising is responsible for so much false information but as a society we cannot escape it the steady drip just invades our thoughts and makes many people reiterate it without any thought to where these sayings originated.

 

[AliceLily]

I'm sure I once heard them recommend 2 glasses at one point. Being an addictive type personality due to emotional instability at times, one drink a day would most likely have turned into a drinking problem for me.

 

[Dx Revision Watch]

A new and contradictory study appears to be published every few months - compare with benefits of statins. We usually have a small glass of red with our evening meal every day (but never any more than one per day); we've recently reduced that to three times a week, but only because of new tablets my husband is prescribed. We've decided that the ten minutes of pleasure a small glass provides outweighs any potential negative effects.

 

[TiredSam]

Oh bugger.