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Comment by mvkel | Hacker News Reader

Alcohol has a bunch of recent studies showing that no amount is good, and as little as two drinks per week yield measurable negative impacts.

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what if I do all the other things that go along with drinking for health, like speak Italian or French while I drink?

First search hit:

  They report preventable deaths caused by alcohol is higher in France than anywhere else in Europe.

Speaking French doesn't appear to help you. Maybe Italian is better.

meh, I just care about all-cause mortality. I'll accept some preventable death risk if it's outweighed by non-preventable death risk improvement.

I think the French hit a good sweet spot between high alcohol consumption and high life expectancy. Quite a male-female disparity though. Maybe Irish do better at 0.2years reduction for an extra 0.4l of alcohol per year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c...

Sounds like bs if you look at Russian numbers.

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