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Israetel: Occasional moderate drinking has no statistical impact on human longevity
“If you have a few drinks now and again, it has Literally no statistical impact on longevity or quality of life or anything like that.”
Israetel: Nicotine functions as a true cognitive nootropic for focus
“As far as nicotine, nicotine is actually like pretty close to a true nootropic, which means it elevates your ability to think clearly and stay focused and all that stuff.”
Israetel: Health harms of smoking stem from smoke, not nicotine
“Smoking is bad almost exclusively because you're smoking. Tar and all that stuff. If you take smoking here as a negative, nicotine pouch is right here, and a lot of people have this false equivalency idea of like, well, it's anything nicotine is bad. Relativel…”
Dr. Mike: Nightly drinking beyond three drinks accelerates health downsides exponentially
“If you drink three to four and more drinks most nights, you're going to be paying a small health and longevity downside. And then the negatives exponentially accelerate. After that.”
Dr. Mike Israetel: Obesity radically decreases testosterone levels
“Another one is obesity. Radically decreases testosterone levels.”