• InexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 days ago

    Burger-Americans are so nutritionally deprived I could see the glass of wine thing being true purely on the fact that it’s the only fruit product they have consumed in a month, and otherwise they would get scurvy

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      9 days ago

      I think there was a correlative study many years ago that found moderate drinkers averaged slightly better heart health than non-drinkers, and the media latched onto that shit, and its become a popular narrative to downplay all the long-term risks of drinking

      Turns out most of the non-drinkers in the study were only non-drinkers because of pre-existing health issues…often from past drinking 😭