Moderate alcohol consumption inversely correlated with all-cause mortality

My roommate recently sent me a review article that LW might find interesting:

Conclusions: Low levels of alcohol intake (1-2 drinks per day for women and 2-4 drinks per day for men) are inversely associated with total mortality in both men and women. Our findings, while confirming the hazards of excess drinking, indicate potential windows of alcohol intake that may confer a net beneficial effect of moderate drinking, at least in terms of survival.

Personal observation says that LWers tend not to drink very much or often. Perhaps that should change, to the degree suggested by the article?

Full article here.

My roommate recently sent me a review article that LW might find interesting:

Conclusions: Low levels of alcohol intake (1-2 drinks per day for women and 2-4 drinks per day for men) are inversely associated with total mortality in both men and women. Our findings, while confirming the hazards of excess drinking, indicate potential windows of alcohol intake that may confer a net beneficial effect of moderate drinking, at least in terms of survival.

Personal observation says that LWers tend not to drink very much or often. Perhaps that should change, to the degree suggested by the article?

Full article here.

Does distaste for alcohol correlate with anything else?

Supertasting. I strongly suspect I am one. There are only two things on the list of seven things supertasters often don't like which I'll consume (Brassica oleracea cultivars and soy) and I hate the other things.

I wonder why it's called "super" if it's a bad thing...

0Viliam_Bur14y

Thanks for the link! I look at how it describes my tastes: I hate beer, coffee, grapefruits, tonic. I dislike uncooked cabbage, green tea, soda. I'm OK with cooked cabbage, soy; and I like chilli and olives.

1NancyLebovitz14y

I think of myself as a sub-supertaster. No to grapefruit and coffee (unless the coffee flavor is very mild as in ice cream). Yes to kale. No to alcohol, except in small quantities. Green tea is more tolerable than black. I seem to like olives less than a lot of people, but the problem is with bitterness more than saltiness. I don't seem to like salt as much as a lot of people do. I like hot peppers a lot. In general, my tolerance for bitter flavors has increased with time.