A new review finds limited high-quality evidence that light to moderate alcohol consumption can extend our lives, challenging a long-held belief.
Research published Thursday offers a sobering rebuttal to the idea that booze can be life-extending. In a new review of the data, scientists failed to find high-quality evidence that people who drink light to moderate amounts of alcohol are likely to live longer than people who abstain from drinking. The findings suggest that there isn’t really a truly safe level of alcohol consumption.
Scientists from the University of Victoria in Canada tried to correct for this and other gaps in their newest review of the evidence, published Thursday in the“Unlike past attempts, we focused on identifying and testing study characteristics that may bias estimates of mortality risk, providing a more robust analysis of the available data,” study author James Clay, a postdoctoral research fellow at the university’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, told Gizmodo in an email.
“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. “This challenges the notion that moderate drinking is beneficial and highlights the need for updated guidelines that accurately reflect the health risks associated with any level of alcohol consumption.”that annual alcohol-related deaths in the U.S.
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