Still kinda insane to me that studies on alcohol did a hard pivot to paint it as an evil poison that kills you at the first drop. (And even studies that didnt just count people who abstained for health reasons).
I ask myself why they pivoted so hard on these studies and politically speaking all I can think is people who believe alcohol protects their health were basically "stealing" profits from the pharmacy industry who need you to buy their blood thinners and blood pressure medications that are being dolled out like candy. They can't regulate and profit off alcohol though.
Alcohols dilates blood vessels. This is in fact observable to me. I have horrible circulation to my extremities but when I drink I feel normal tempersture-wise and suddenly get why people hate hot weather. Like, I'm the kinda person that thick socks do nothing for because my body just decided my extremities don't need heat unless it's a bajillion degrees out already. People ask me all the time why I wear cabin socks in 60°F.
Im not saying alcohol is great in every situation and yes overdoing it for literal decades causes problems. But even in those studies you have to majorly overdo it to massively increase your risk (over 8 drinks per day for even a doubled risk). I'd be drunk every day at that level.
But holy fuck I'm sick of the "if you ever get tipsy you're overdoing alcohol and will die young" rhetoric. I'm so sick of it! I'm sick of "wine being good for you heart is just pop science" fuckers.
"Its only rich people who--"
Yeah because the studies never adjusted for socioeconomic factors despite multiple reproducible results! Omfg. This is why I don't trust anything I haven't researched myself.
It's so bad now you've got people thinking inhaling weed smoke into their lungs every damned day is safer than a couple glasses of wine or beer every day LOL.
