Wine is bad for you, but not as bad as Facebook
In a week when the Daily Mail carried the story that “Facebook causes cancer”, we should probably take claims that "a glass of wine each evening is enough to increase your risk of developing cancer" with a pinch of salt. Especially as you might also have read this week that a "glass of wine 'could prevent gullet cancer'", "a couple of glasses of beer or wine every day is good for your bones" and that "white wines improve the digestion of low fat food and help prevent cardiovascular diseases".
Mixed messages indeed. I'm not a real doctor but i recommend giving up the newspapers. That, or taking one cancer-beating glass of wine with every cancer-causing one. Sadly the contagion's even spread to France, where the current official "drink with moderation" is to be replaced with cigarette style warnings that "the consumption of alcohol is detrimental to your health". In case you're wondering, the idea has been around in the UK since at least 2006. Perhaps we should start preparing for pictures of pickled livers on our pinot?
Mixed messages indeed. I'm not a real doctor but i recommend giving up the newspapers. That, or taking one cancer-beating glass of wine with every cancer-causing one. Sadly the contagion's even spread to France, where the current official "drink with moderation" is to be replaced with cigarette style warnings that "the consumption of alcohol is detrimental to your health". In case you're wondering, the idea has been around in the UK since at least 2006. Perhaps we should start preparing for pictures of pickled livers on our pinot?
1 Comments:
Negative studies such as these spread inaccurate information as they fail to consider a variety of other factors that can influence the results.
Did the researchers restrict the diets of the study group participants? Alcohol irritates human tissue, but, if something in the diet subdues the irritation, the danger disappears.
I had a friend who died at the age of 43 from colon cancer. He used to order and drink cases of the finest scotch directly from Scotland. Single malt Glenlivet. But unlike his Scottish ancestors who also enjoyed the pleasures of single malt scotch, my friend did not also eat a good-sized bowl of oatmeal every morning and evening. Why not? Because who does that in the US today? Scotch was invented in Scotland where eating thick, tissue-protective oatmeal is a common practice that protects human tissue in the stomach, intestines, and colon.
Where's the study on Frenchwomen wine drinkers who also eat tons of butter and cream into their 90's?
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