Research published Thursday offers a sobering rebuttal to the idea that booze can be life-extending.
The findings suggest that there isnt really a truly safe level of alcohol consumption.
The sick abstainer effect
One major criticism has revolved around people who quit drinking alcohol.
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They then divided the studies into those considered higher or lower quality research and analyzed them separately.
And when they only looked at the higher quality data, a different picture emerged.
The teams findings arent thefirst to questionthe idea of healthy drinking, even for ourhearts.
But according to the researchers, there is still an ongoing debate over the issue.
Our findings suggest that the perceived health benefits of low-volume drinking are likely a result of biased study designs.
Therefore, it indicates that there may not be a truly safe level of alcohol consumption, Clay said.
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