Alright, so is alcohol good for you or not?

[TheNinja]

Alcohol makes you more confident, more social, less uptight, and more likely to be able to get a woman for the night. So you tell me if alcohol is good for you. I think it speaks for itself with a resounding "YES"!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: leona33gh
You just need to take a balanced approach to the issue and actually, it's recommended that one unit (ie. a medium sized glass of wine for example) of heart healthy alcohol per day is beneficial with regard to cardiovascular disease.
In reducing arterosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), substances such as red wine can ward off heart attacks and high cholesterol.
there's an article on a study done into the subject here: http://www.foodeu.com/articles...t+Of+Healthy+Diet.aspx

Plus, there's tons more evidence on the net that a little alcohol can aid your health.
...but we're not talking kegs here!

Cheers, Leona

Thanks Leona. Good post. 🙂

 

[Mr Pickles]

Alcohol is very good for you.

Case In Point:

One day my leg hurt. I very carefully poured a small amount of Bud Light on my finger tips so as to not waste any of it and rubbed the beer onto my leg. Now, my leg hurts no more. True Story.

Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Beer is of the gods and should be treated as such. Alcohol is separates us between humans and animals. No other animal in the world gets drunk on purpose. Think about it.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Mr Pickles
Alcohol is very good for you.

Case In Point:

One day my leg hurt. I very carefully poured a small amount of Bud Light on my finger tips so as to not waste any of it and rubbed the beer onto my leg. Now, my leg hurts no more. True Story.

Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Beer is of the gods and should be treated as such. Alcohol is separates us between humans and animals. No other animal in the world gets drunk on purpose. Think about it.

Wrong.

Good video... stumbling monkeys make me chuckle.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Mr Pickles
Alcohol is very good for you.

Case In Point:

One day my leg hurt. I very carefully poured a small amount of Bud Light on my finger tips so as to not waste any of it and rubbed the beer onto my leg. Now, my leg hurts no more. True Story.

Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Beer is of the gods and should be treated as such. Alcohol is separates us between humans and animals. No other animal in the world gets drunk on purpose. Think about it.

Wrong.

Good video... stumbling monkeys make me chuckle.

I want to have a narcoleptic pet monkey.

 

[NuclearNed]

define "good for you"

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Shawn
alcohol = poison

if poison is good for you then sure, drink up.

Fail!

Many important vitamins and minerals are poison if you take too much. It's the amount that matters.

Ethanol can be used as part of a cure for methanol poisoning. So it's a medicine, drink up. 😉

 

[imported_Imp]

Only one way to find out, isn't there?

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Shawn
alcohol = poison

if poison is good for you then sure, drink up.

Fail!

Many important vitamins and minerals are poison if you take too much. It's the amount that matters.

Ethanol can be used as part of a cure for methanol poisoning. So it's a medicine, drink up. 😉

you learn that from house?

i vote that alcohol is the devil and the world would be better off without it but i'm bias 😉

 

[TheSlamma]

Livers love it!

 

[imported_Devine]

Physically eh who knows, mentally though it's a great thing.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Shawn
alcohol = poison

if poison is good for you then sure, drink up.

Fail!

Many important vitamins and minerals are poison if you take too much. It's the amount that matters.

Ethanol can be used as part of a cure for methanol poisoning. So it's a medicine, drink up. 😉

The difference is alcohol is a poison in small quantities.

Sure, I could eat a tiiiny bit of arsenic and be fine. Does that mean it isn't a poison?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Shawn
alcohol = poison

if poison is good for you then sure, drink up.

Fail!

Many important vitamins and minerals are poison if you take too much. It's the amount that matters.

Ethanol can be used as part of a cure for methanol poisoning. So it's a medicine, drink up. 😉

The difference is alcohol is a poison in small quantities.

Sure, I could eat a tiiiny bit of arsenic and be fine. Does that mean it isn't a poison?

yep. alcohol is classified as a poison. vitamins are classified as vitamins.

that's the point.

 

[fishjie]

its good for having fun, but has many downsides as well

 

[Gibsons]

Many (but certainly not all) studies correlate moderate amounts of alcohol consumption with longer lifespans. Of course if you get past the "moderate" point and things go downhill quickly. The curve for risk is often referred to as "J shaped" or "U shaped," i.e. lowest risk is in the group that drinks about 1/day, highest risk in those that drink heavily, moderate risk for non drinkers.

I've never read a good explanation of how the effect really works (and yes, I'm aware of resveratrol, but the protective effect is not restricted to red wine), there's undoubtedly a lot that just isn't understood. There are a lot of mitigating factors to be considered on an individual level - diet, exercise, smoking and genetics for starters.

 

[djheater]

I've come to believe that the discovery and use of alcohol by geographically seperate neolithic cultures is part of the tipping point of 'civilisation'. It is often difficult for humans to live as social animals and causes a degree of dissonance. Alcohol is a great mediator of stress, perhaps we'd still be quietly farming small tracts if not for the social 'grease' that alcohol is.

 

[FallenHero]

If alcohol makes me live to NOT be 107 years old, suffering and shitting myself everyday, I consider that a good thing.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Alcohol makes you more confident, more social, less uptight, and more likely to be able to get a woman for the night. So you tell me if alcohol is good for you. I think it speaks for itself with a resounding "YES"!

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[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Mr Pickles
Alcohol is very good for you.

Case In Point:

One day my leg hurt. I very carefully poured a small amount of Bud Light on my finger tips so as to not waste any of it and rubbed the beer onto my leg. Now, my leg hurts no more. True Story.

Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Beer is of the gods and should be treated as such. Alcohol is separates us between humans and animals. No other animal in the world gets drunk on purpose. Think about it.

Wrong.

Good video... stumbling monkeys make me chuckle.

I meant no other animals make beer and alcohol to get themselves drunk.

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Shawn
alcohol = poison

if poison is good for you then sure, drink up.

Fail!

Many important vitamins and minerals are poison if you take too much. It's the amount that matters.

Ethanol can be used as part of a cure for methanol poisoning. So it's a medicine, drink up. 😉

The difference is alcohol is a poison in small quantities.

Sure, I could eat a tiiiny bit of arsenic and be fine. Does that mean it isn't a poison?

yep. alcohol is classified as a poison. vitamins are classified as vitamins.

that's the point.

Classified by who? Many vitamins are far more poisonous than alcohol.

There's no poison control label on any bottle of alcohol I have, but I think they put poison control labels on some vitamin supplements. Iron supplements being the one responsible for the most cases of poisoning.

You think alcohol is so bad? I challenge you. I'll drink one ounce of alcohol, and you drink one ounce of Vitamin A. We'll see who lives.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
You think alcohol is so bad? I challenge you. I'll drink one ounce of alcohol, and you drink one ounce of Vitamin A. We'll see who lives.

Anything in excess is deadly. 1 ounce of alcohol is far from "in excess."

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

This was actually asked in my psychology class today (we were talking about drugs - fun class), and my professor's response was that 1 drink a day could be ok, but you can get the same benefit from grape juice. Alcohol's a poison, anyway (not that it isn't a fun poison).

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Cogman
The only thing that could be good from alcohol would be cleaning out a stomach infection, and even then the downfalls from consuming enough alcohol to clean out your stomach would probably outweigh the benifit of getting better sooner.

From everything I've ever heard, alcohol is bad for you. Period. The reason red wine is good for you is because of the grapes, not the alcohol.

Very little alcohol probably won't do any damage to you at all, but we're talking a beer a week little. Much over that an you are looking at negative health consequences.

I dunno...

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/alcoholandhealth.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alcohol/SC00024

http://health.usnews.com/artic...ms-to-lower-heart.html

Amazing. I post evidence that alcohol (all alcohol, not just red wine) in moderation (no more than two servings a day) is good for you, and the "alcohol is poison in any amount" parrots are still going strong.

Fact: Moderate drinkers, on average, live longer than abstainers and heavy drinkers.

Read the links, folks.

 

[zanejohnson]

pot is a hell of a lot better for you.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson
pot is a hell of a lot better for you.

I can't seem to find any studies showing average life expectancy for marijuana users rising when used at any amount.

Yet the vast majority of studies on alcohol use show that moderate drinkers live longer than abstainers and heavy drinkers.

So I would say, no, marijuana use is not better for you than moderate alcohol consumption.