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Israetel: Drinking one to two glasses of wine has almost no negative effects

Dr. Mike Israetel · THIS One Thing All Fit People Know — | Mike Israetel · Nov 13, 2024 · at 43:21

Dr. Mike Israetel discusses alcohol consumption nuances and health outcomes with Codie Sanchez.

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“If you have one or two glasses of wine a night, most nights, Statistically, it has almost no effect on anything negative-wise.”

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Drinking one or two glasses of wine most nights statistically has almost no negative health effects.

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Assessment

Major epidemiological meta-analyses, genetic causal studies (Mendelian randomization), and established public health guidelines (including the WHO, the U.S. Surgeon General, and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction) consistently indicate that consuming 1 to 2 standard drinks most nights (7–14 drinks per week) is associated with statistically significant elevated health risks, particularly for several types of cancer (such as breast and gastrointestinal cancers), hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, contradicting the claim that it has 'almost no effect on anything negative-wise'.

In January 2023, the WHO published a position paper concluding there is 'no safe amount' of alcohol consumption, noting that ethanol is an IARC Group 1 carcinogen and that half of alcohol-attributable cancers in the European Region occur at light-to-moderate levels.
A 2024 U.S. Surgeon General Advisory emphasized that alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer with elevated dose-dependent risks established at 1–2 drinks per day.
Canada's CCSA 2023 guidelines established that 7 or more standard drinks per week (approx. 1+ drink per day) significantly increases risks of heart disease, stroke, and liver disease.
The 2023 Zhao et al. JAMA Network Open meta-analysis of 107 cohort studies and recent Mendelian randomization analyses found no net mortality benefit and demonstrated monotonic increases in cardiovascular disease and cancer risk across all consumption levels once confounding is controlled.

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[1] movendi.ngo [2] who.int [3] hhs.gov [4] hklaw.com [5] phi.org [6] nih.gov [7] addictaide.fr [8] eurekalert.org

moderate alcohol consumption cancer cardiovascular mortality meta-analysis 2023 2024 WHO statement alcohol consumption no safe level 2023 Global burden of disease alcohol consumption health risks Lancet 2018 2022 JAMA Network Open 2023 alcohol consumption all-cause mortality meta-analysis Zhao

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