> Anyways, I'm not surprised that most of the comments here are either outright defensive or are just proposing ways to undermine the content of the study
To be fair, alcohol is one of those topics where research is frequently contradictory: Studies sometimes show moderate consumption is healthy (or has no effect on mortality rate, at least), and others show no amount of consumption is healthy. Even meta-studies frequently contradict each other.
Given that, I think it's fair for people to be extremely skeptical of studies involving alcohol (and coffee, our other favorite drug that no one's quite clear on).
To be fair, alcohol is one of those topics where research is frequently contradictory: Studies sometimes show moderate consumption is healthy (or has no effect on mortality rate, at least), and others show no amount of consumption is healthy. Even meta-studies frequently contradict each other.
Given that, I think it's fair for people to be extremely skeptical of studies involving alcohol (and coffee, our other favorite drug that no one's quite clear on).