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Originally Posted by sephardic-male http://www.jrussellshealth.com/alcohol.html
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Alcohol has no redeeming benefit and almost any important system in the body is damaged to some extent by alcohol use. We found that alcohol use suppressed the immune system, increased oxidative damage, reduced tissue nutrient levels, reduced lifespan, and promoted tumor growth. Colleagues have shown recently that alcohol use increases susceptibility of cells to invasion and growth of HIV. My personal conclusion is to never drink alcohol, says Dr. Watson.
{“Alcohol, AIDS and Nutrition,” Interviews with Nutritional Experts, by Dr. Richard Passwater, PhD, interviewing Dr. Ronald Watson. Dr. Watson has edited 35 books and more than 350 research reports on alcohol, nutrition, and their interactions with immunology and cancer. He has directed a NIH funded Alcohol Research Center focusing on alcohol-immunology-AIDS interactions.healthynet.com, Oct. 2001}
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.. and yet the study you
just cited at the top of the page demonstrates that while no health benefit exists
according to their study, there is also
no health repercussions for moderate drinkers.
Scientists disagree on occasion, they can't all be right if they disagree. The two things you have cited disagree, one says no health repercussions and the other says always health repercussions. I find the conclusion of (to paraphrase) "maybe they're too ill to drink" questionable because of moderate drinking cultures having a majority of people who live longer and I question the conclusion that moderate drinking always damages health for the exact same reason.
In both studies the conclusion is open to exactly this interpretation as well as their own interpretations since health benefits can outweigh health repercussions and leave a remaining health benefit. (like, thinning the blood can reduce heart disease and increase the chance of dying if you contract AIDS and since more people die of heart disease than AIDS, it's an overall benefit etc.)