Moderate Drinking

The more I moved into sober life—the more that became a fact rather than anything to think about—the more I found myself questioning the alcohol-based structure of Western society. - Persuasion

“39% say drinking in moderation is bad for one’s health, up 11 points since 2018” - Gallup

“Even a moderate level of intoxication impairs the ability to use episodic foresight in a functionally adaptive way.” - Journal of Psychopharmacology

“The analysis…. found not only no significant health benefit to moderate alcohol consumption, but also that drinking a daily serving of alcohol of less than 1 ounce for women and around 1.5 ounces for men increased the risk of death.” - GMA

“according to a new study, alcohol consumption even at levels most would consider modest—a few beers or glasses of wine a week—may also carry risks to the brain.” - Neuroscience News

“The idea that some alcohol improved some health outcomes was widely accepted for quite some time….Lately, though, scientists and researchers are beginning to doubt. So am I, for two reasons.” - W.Post

“A new study has found that even moderate drinking can increase the risk of A-fib, a heart rhythm abnormality that afflicts some 3 million Americans.” - P&D

“Since alcohol dependency is a real threat whenever you enjoy an adult beverage, experts are providing more specifics around how wine can help your heart—as well as how it can harm it.” - Eat this Not That

“The effects of alcohol on your heart can be immediate, triggering an irregular rhythm called atrial fibrillation or AFib, according to new state-of-the-art research.” - CNN

2018 related: No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says

“In this cohort study of 19887 participants from the Health and Retirement Study, with a mean follow-up of 9.1 years, when compared with never drinking, low to moderate drinking was associated with significantly better trajectories of higher cognition scores for mental status, word recall, and vocabulary and with lower rates of decline in each of these cognition domains.” - JAMA