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How would you frame it differently? If even small amounts over a long period of time gives you cancer, how else to state it?


"X amount of alcohol increases odds of disease by Y%".

Without values, we can pretty much say that anything increases odds of disease: walking, driving, eating, shitting, sleeping.

And what's to gain? Hysteria because there's a million ways to die? Or increased distrust in health recommendations, as they're barely actionable?

I think the current recommendations are: do exercise, eat well and get good sleep. They should get you a good baseline. But you don't need to be a fundamentalist: you don't need to obey them 100% of the time!




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