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How does this correlate with research that looks into the very old - populations where people live the longest lives - and find that wine consumption seems to be rather high? I believe there was a link to such research on HN a month or so ago. I’m not denying the risks associated with alcohol - just wondering if all alcohol should be looked at in the same way.

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There are quite a lot of factors that affect lifespan. From what I understand from reading those studies, factors such as lack of stress, strong social contacts, exercise, sunlight exposure and good diet all likely play a large part in reducing mortality in these populations. Perhaps they would live even longer if they drank alcohol free wine? And how much wine do they actually drink?

I don't think this means anything at all. It's similar to the people with genetics such that they'll have low LDL no matter what posting their blood panels to social media after trying the carnivore diet. It doesn't mean the general population can draw any conclusions from it.

It doesn't mean the risks of drinking in moderation outweigh whatever benefits you think you're getting from it, but living past 100 is unlikely to be one of those benefits for any particular person.

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