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NineBerry wrote:Ban of Alcohol
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The list of wines benefits is longand getting more surprising all the time. Already well-known as heart healthy, wine in moderation might help you lose weight, reduce forgetfulness, boost your immunity, and help prevent bone loss.
NineBerry wrote:Ban of Alcohol
Alcohol and bacon together are among the worst murderers, responsible for a lot more deaths than all wars combined...
Scot Dutchy wrote:6 Reasons Why a Little Glass of Wine Each Day May Do You GoodThe list of wines benefits is longand getting more surprising all the time. Already well-known as heart healthy, wine in moderation might help you lose weight, reduce forgetfulness, boost your immunity, and help prevent bone loss.
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Last year, news outlets from the U.S. to the U.K. to as far away as India gleefully reported that having a glass or two of wine with dinner was found to be good for your health and mental well-being, citing a Finnish study published in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism.
However, a cursory look at the Finnish paper reveals a crucial caveat conveniently ignored in news reports: “Consumption of wine with meals was associated with high socioeconomic status and high subjective well-being.”
This line hints that wine drinkers tend to belong to well-off demographics, and this is what may explain their good health and subjective well-being – not so much the wine.
Indeed, back in 2006, Danish researchers found that people who plopped a bottle of wine in their shopping carts were also more likely to pick up fresh produce and other healthy ingredients for their fridge than beer drinkers, who tended to load up on frozen meals and high-sugar snacks.
There’s a reason why “correlation does not infer causation” is such a widely recited mantra among scientists.
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Halal takeaways round here have halal bacon made from chicken: never mind the pork, savour the nitrites.NineBerry wrote:Alcohol and bacon together are among the worst murderers, responsible for a lot more deaths than all wars combined...
Rumpole of the Bailey wrote:There’s no pleasure on earth that’s worth sacrificing for the sake of an extra five years in the geriatric ward of the Sunset Old People’s Home, Weston-Super-Mare.
Why are humans especially vulnerable to big promises about food? A neurologist explains why food can make us lose our powers of critical thinking even if we are well educated,
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