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.

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.

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.

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A mention of a study which excluded sober alcoholics, and hypothesizes that a little alcohol is good because it makes socializing more likely.