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[Alamo]

The scientists accused of using ‘flawed’ research to tell you to stop drinking

There is no safe level of alcohol. A single drink a day could shave almost three months off your life. And drinking can boost your cancer risk by 23 per cent.

news.yahoo.com

Dr Tim Stockwell’s work – which has been published in The Lancet, among other esteemed organs – has inspired a new crackdown on alcohol that has seen daily drinking guidelines slashed in Canada and Australia. The US may next year follow suit, and the UK anti-alcohol lobby is using Dr Stockwell’s work as it warms up for a similar fight.


But many of Dr Stockwell’s respected peers say it is far from settled science and have cast doubt on his research. They question his motives and accuse him of being a front for a worldwide temperance lobby that is secretly attempting to ban alcohol.

But his most recent intervention might be his most controversial yet: a study that found there was no safe level of alcohol intake. The research was widely reported without a hint of the row it had triggered in the scientific community. In common with other news outlets, The Daily Mail stated baldly that the longstanding belief that one or two drinks a day is good for you was based on “flawed” scientific research.

However, it was the final straw for many fellow academics and experts who told The Telegraph they read the report in disbelief, concluding it was yet another example of Dr Stockwell “cherry picking” the evidence to suit his agenda.

“Dr Stockwell has never conducted any primary research into this as far as I’m aware,” Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, told The Telegraph. “He just keeps creating systematic reviews with the aim of trying to obscure the J-curve and the benefits of drinking.

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“A lot of these academics take the view that everybody needs to drink less. They’re very keen on being able to say there’s no safe level because then they could treat alcohol very similar to tobacco. Both these things are addictive, both cause cancer.

 

[indyjohn]

Dear God, please tell me it is not true. For if it is, I am doomed.

 

[Mgderf]

Global cooling
Asprin a day
Daily vitamins
Blood- letting


At one time "the earth was flat"

I have serious doubts about the veracity of much of today's "scientific findings".

 

[Brandon]

Breathing can be toxic to your health and knock minutes, weeks or months off your life.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Breathing can be toxic to your health and knock minutes, weeks or months off your life.

Actually, I think it's the not breathing that's so hazardous

 

[indykid]

Please tell me how I would know that I lost three months of my life?

Pass me the Bourbon!

 

[hopper68]

I know a few old drunks who would question the math.

 

[hopper68]

I do not drink adult beverages, have drank less than a case of beer in my 56 years on earth. Nothing in the last 10 years. So I am just a casual observer.

It started by setting BAC at .10 for drunk driving. Now it is .08 in Indiana and .05 BAC in some others. With this study there will be a push to lower it with the ultimate goal of .00 BAC. Slowly over time in increments to reach their goal. Learning how to go after guns.

 

[bwframe]

The scientists accused of using ‘flawed’ research to tell you to stop drinking

There is no safe level of alcohol. A single drink a day could shave almost three months off your life. And drinking can boost your cancer risk by 23 per cent.

news.yahoo.com

Carefully now. Folks are pretty defensive about their intoxicants. They aren't real keen on hearing about possible health issues with their habits.

 

[NHT3]

It's not and has never been about public health, it's about control as demonstrated during the Covid scam. The so called scientists have destroyed their own credibility so spare me the "I care about your health" lecture.

 

[Lpherr]

I'm more concerned about all the intentional crap that's introduced into our food and water supply.

We need the alcohol to escape the reality at times.

 

[Gingerbeardman]

Willie Nelson pointed out "There are more old drunks than there are old doctors, so I guess I'll have another round."

 

[Nugget]

 

[Expat]

Is drinking good for you, probably not. Is sitting in front of a computer screen all day good for you, no. Is the air and water that we have now from our modern society, no. Is sucking any type of smoke into your body, pretty sure not. Life can suck.

 

[Magyars]

All about choices..and the risks involved.

 

[tomcat13]

 

[phylodog]

Carefully now. Folks are pretty defensive about their intoxicants. They aren't real keen on hearing about possible health issues with their habits.

Ever get tired on that endless search for confirmation bias?

 

[bgcatty]

Beer is proof that God loves us! Benjamin Franklin …

 

[racegunz]

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I hear that in my head all the time.

Of course it’s “ your body your choice” but only as long as your murdering your offspring otherwise “they” will control what you put in or do with it, or try hard to anyway.

 

[racegunz]

Ever get tired on that endless search for confirmation bias?

He’s in the wrong forum for that!