Tonight's Libation

nsaspook

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https://news.yahoo.com/news/abstemious-scientists-accused-using-flawed-193616682.html
The abstemious scientists accused of using ‘flawed’ research to tell you to stop drinking
There is no safe level of alcohol. A single drink a day could shave almost three months off your life. And drinking can boost your cancer risk by 23 per cent.
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Now experts warn that the anti-drinking lobby – a “neo-temperance movement” – has the US and UK’s drinking guidelines in its sights.

“Dr Stockwell has never conducted any primary research into this as far as I’m aware,” Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, told The Telegraph. “He just keeps creating systematic reviews with the aim of trying to obscure the J-curve and the benefits of drinking.

“You have what I think you can fairly describe as a neo-temperance movement operating quite effectively in Britain and around the world.

“A lot of these academics take the view that everybody needs to drink less. They’re very keen on being able to say there’s no safe level because then they could treat alcohol very similar to tobacco. Both these things are addictive, both cause cancer.
Those are the bad months, you won't miss them.

"Just did the math. If one drink would shave three months off your life, I would have died 1,825 years ago"
 

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joeyd999

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cmartinez

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And here they are ... planning how to de-orbit the space station. After more than a quarter of a century, haven't they learned anything?

The researchers were surprised to find that yeast survived and multiplied just fine in simulated microgravity. Interestingly, they noticed that the yeast fermented faster in a less gravity environment.
 

MrAl

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