The most depressing news-No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe

[SheilaT]

13. So what happened to the thing about red wine in moderation

is good for you?

Here's the problem with any and all of these studies. There are risks everywhere. Sometimes they are really obvious, like getting drunk and then behind the wheel of a car. Or jumping off a tall building without double checking the length of the bungee cord.

Sometimes they're also obvious but often denied, such as smoking and the diseases it creates. One reason smokers can deny that risk is that not everyone gets even one of those diseases.

Sometimes the connection is strong, such as certain genetic markers and breast cancer. But even that's well under 100%.

More often the risk is real, but still vanishingly low. Such as some particular food or behavior or exposure to something increases the likelihood of some specific disease by a set amount. But often the risk of that particular disease is very low in the first place. So even doubling your chance of getting the disease still means that you're vastly unlikely to get it.

Life involves risks and trade offs. I think I'm going to head out and get a bottle of wine.