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2024-07-08 -Great Cultural Revolution
Drinking just one alcoholic beverage per day shortens your lifespan by this insane amount
[NYPOST] Hark! Is that prohibition knocking at the back door? Give it a nickle and tell it to go get a booster shot... On second thought, don't give it a nickle.
As it turns out, consuming just one alcoholic beverage per day — whether it be a pint of beer, a glass of wine or a shot of your favorite spirit — can shorten your lifespan by approximately two-and-a-half months, one expert asserts

Dr. Tim Stockwell, of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, told Daily Mail that those who drink significantly more alcohol than that — about 35 beverages a week — could slash a staggering two years off their lifespan.
Posted by Fred 2024-07-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11153 views ]  Top

#1 If you don’t drink you’ll live longer… or at least it will seem that way.
Posted by Glenmore 2024-07-08 00:55||   2024-07-08 00:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Rea;;y, then how do you account for all them 100 plus years olds that drink at least one shot a day?

Maybe it's that whiskey is better for you than vodka?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-07-08 01:53||   2024-07-08 01:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Or maybe just better for you than listening to "Experts."
Posted by Fred 2024-07-08 02:04||   2024-07-08 02:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Okay I read the article, piffff!

At my age, two months to two years is nothing, I'll keep drinking my bedtime shot or two a day!

It's pretty much the only way I can keep the aches and joint pains at bay so I can sleep peacefully!
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-07-08 02:04||   2024-07-08 02:04|| Front Page Top

#5 At first I was wondering why this is under "Politics" but then I realized Fred is must have had a beer or two when posting this.
Posted by Whavick Scourge of the Apes9857 2024-07-08 02:46||   2024-07-08 02:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah'm so far ahead, ah'm behind.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-08 03:59||   2024-07-08 03:59|| Front Page Top

#7 
Flip Side
Not having the occasional single drink to relax, unwind and off load a bad day of stress, could reduce a person's life by 10+ years.
Posted by NN2N1 2024-07-08 04:40||   2024-07-08 04:40|| Front Page Top

#8 The Canadians seem to be big into killing terminally ill patients, so this should be good news for the ghouls there.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-07-08 05:59||   2024-07-08 05:59|| Front Page Top

#9 If you're really interested in any study, you've got to get past the biased 'reporting' and search read the study for assumptions, limitations, and need for more research to determine if it's worth worrying about.

I learned this from the CDC-sponsored mask study reported as proof masks are vital one day, and useless the next day. Reading parts of the the original study showed it hopelessly flawed and pointless.

Dig in!
Posted by Bobby 2024-07-08 08:05||   2024-07-08 08:05|| Front Page Top

#10 So, you can be tetotal and live a longer, joyless life.
This is what they have planned for us.
Posted by ed in texas 2024-07-08 08:14||   2024-07-08 08:14|| Front Page Top

#11 According to the article, I never made it past my 23rd birthday....
Posted by Mercutio 2024-07-08 08:40||   2024-07-08 08:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Exactly. Apparently I died somewhere around 2001 according to this bullshit.
Posted by DarthVader 2024-07-08 09:07||   2024-07-08 09:07|| Front Page Top

#13 As Willie Nelson said, "There are more old drunks than there are old doctors, so I guess I'll have another round."

I don't know how much he drinks, but something is keeping him going at 91.
Posted by EMS Artifact 2024-07-08 09:23||   2024-07-08 09:23|| Front Page Top

#14 Not just another government funded study but a Canadian government funded study.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-07-08 09:43||   2024-07-08 09:43|| Front Page Top

#15 My doctors always ask me this question on every visit - 'How many beers do you drink in a week?' I answer by laughing, then saying 'Lots!'
Posted by Raj 2024-07-08 09:46||   2024-07-08 09:46|| Front Page Top

#16 i am 87. i had my first drink around 1950 and my last drink around 1979 i quit not because it was effecting my health but because it effected my thinking (suey-side anyone) i now take 2 or 3 non alcoholic beers daily because i like the taste.
Posted by irish rage boy 2024-07-08 10:18||   2024-07-08 10:18|| Front Page Top

#17 ^ Nothing wrong with your thinking.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-08 10:32||   2024-07-08 10:32|| Front Page Top

#18 So Bill Gates and the WHO should be pushing free beer, as this fits into their population reduction nicely...
Posted by 49 Pan 2024-07-08 11:08||   2024-07-08 11:08|| Front Page Top

#19 I'll be a drunk doc; that'll work!
Posted by Neville+Shavish3973 2024-07-08 12:21||   2024-07-08 12:21|| Front Page Top

#20 ..."can shorten your lifespan"..."one expert asserts"...your mileage may vary. Classic assumption of the specific outcome derived from generalizations. Clickbait in effect!
Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-07-08 12:58||   2024-07-08 12:58|| Front Page Top

#21 I have a lot of kidney stones. My urologist told me to drink one beer a day.
Posted by Deacon+Blues 2024-07-08 13:55||   2024-07-08 13:55|| Front Page Top

#22 Another Linear No-Threshold Study?
Posted by magpie 2024-07-08 14:37||   2024-07-08 14:37|| Front Page Top

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