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I don’t disagree with you but Research cannot even directly conclude whether drinking any amount of alcohol is good or bad for human health - such is the case for any study which tries to link Behavior with Health Outcome.

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> No studies have shown that the potential existence of a protective effect for cardiovascular diseases or type 2 diabetes also reduces the risk of cancer for an individual consumer. Evidence does not indicate the existence of a particular threshold at which the carcinogenic effects of alcohol start to manifest in the human body. As such, no safe amount of alcohol consumption for cancers and health can be established.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2...

Indeed but it's complicated. I only mean to suggest one article/publication isn't enough to support or prove a point definitively - rather than get caught in the weeds about "if alcohol really does/n't effect health". Researching health outcomes is very complicated and nuanced but we should certainly continue to do it.

> These findings seemingly contradict a previous GBD estimate published in The Lancet, which emphasised that any alcohol use, regardless of amount, leads to health loss across populations.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

One study isn't enough for anything in any field but we have a lot more evidence than that that alcohol consumption causes cancer

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