• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    You should look up the correlation between alcohol consumption and cancer rates. It’s pretty clear-cut; the graph goes down ever so slightly down* and then keeps on rising. The “safe” limit would just be a function of how high a probability of getting cancer you’re willing to tolerate.

    *Medical issues are a common reason not to drink, so the cancer rate for the total non-drinking population is appreciably higher than it would be for a healthy non-drinking individual. There’s no causation behind that drop to our knowledge.

    PS: I said “cancer,” but the same principle applies to liver failure and a host of other “fun” diseases.

    • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      If I can find it, I’d be curious about this.

      I’m more concerned with low to moderate amounts and what the proven negative effects are. AND, is it worse than consuming red meat, carcinogen ingestion, microplastic congestion, and any number of other negative factors we ingest due to a bad diet (e.g. high cholesterol foods).