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A post-doc at my lab told me that the non-drinker group include sober alcoholics, something that might cause the non-drinker group to have a higher overall mortality.
A mention of a study which excluded sober alcoholics, and hypothesizes that a little alcohol is good because it makes socializing more likely.
Good read, aside from reliving social anxieties, there is also the self-medicating aspect; since alcohol dulls anxieties in general some people claim that it actually has a net positive effect on public mental health, highly speculative, but worth considering.
Another possible confounding factor is that the amount people drink is correlated to some genetic differences, which might have other health consequences.
I don't drink at all due, among other things, to the fact that alcohol tastes so awful to me that I cannot help involuntarily grimacing after taking a sip of wine, beer, or liquor.
I generally don't like alcohol, though my tolerance has gradually increased (to way below average) over time.
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 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.
I wonder why it's called "super" if it's a bad thing...
Who says it's bad? It means being more sensitive to taste; it just turns out that some things aren't very nice if you can really taste them. Other stuff tastes great!
Adverb: Especially; particularly.
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.