Thursday, January 02, 2025
PMT: The Health Effects of Drinking
When I asked AI for some images of drunk people, it gave me a lot like this picture: Attractive white people who seem to be having no issues at all.
Being drunk, from what I have seen, is consistently less attractive.
And now it appears that the supposed health benefits of moderate drinking are probably not true-- especially as people get older.
I suspect that the economic forces behind alcohol consumption-- makers of beer and wine, bars, restaurants, etc.-- will push back or ignore the new scientific conclusions that generally say even moderate drinking is bad for your health. Sadly, it seems that in our country there is often that dynamic: science tells us what is bad, and the companies that make money off that thing challenge the science. Even with smoking, that dynamic persisted for decades.
Capitalism is good for a lot of things, but public health may not be one of them.
