Tuesday, September 02, 2014
"Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy"
In our agenda driven world of marketing expertise and media malfeasance, it's difficult to really know about things like this.
Perhaps, the behavior of moderation in all things is the best position...
Perhaps, the behavior of moderation in all things is the best position...
On the Pacific Standard mag website, Stanton Peele posted quite an interesting article on the subject of alcohol consumption. This is the part that got me thinking:
"Driven by the cultural residue of Temperance, most Americans still view drinking as unhealthy; many call alcohol toxic. Yet, despite drinking far less than many European nations, Americans have significantly worse health outcomes than heavier-drinking countries. (For example, despite being heavily out-drunk by the English, we have almost exactly twice their levels of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.)"
