What's Healthier, Cycling or Moderate Alcohol Use?
 

I'd say, 'cycling,' is healthier than drinking -- if, you have to choose -- but, there seems to be a lot more info about the benefits of alcohol than was ever conceded in the past, one of'm being... longevity, e.g., https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the...rate-drinking/

Alcohol consumption is not without risk but you don't have to 'Google' the Mayo Clinic to learn that riding a bike isn't a risk-free activity either.

Why do you have to choose?

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Pfft...I do both. Best of both worlds.

Here here. :beer:

I'm pretty sure that the benefits of riding bikes easily outweighs any previously believed benefits of moderate drinking.

No Amount Of Alcohol Is Good For Your Health, Global Study Says

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Mayo Clinic says:

"But studies have shown that the health benefits of alcohol are generally similar among wine, beer and spirits.

"If you do not drink alcohol, no one recommends you start drinking it for health reasons. You can make many heart-healthy lifestyle choices that do not include alcohol.

"Alcohol can have several positive effects on the body's heart and blood vessels — the cardiovascular system. First, studies have found that drinking alcohol in moderation increases your high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol, which helps carry away and break down extra cholesterol in blood that could otherwise block your arteries. Alcohol thins your blood, too, making it less likely that your arteries will form a blood clot. Moderate alcohol intake can lower inflammation throughout your body, as well, and that can also have a positive effect on your cardiovascular system.

"These factors combine to result in a lower rate of cardiovascular disease in people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol than in people who do not drink alcohol at all. In addition to the heart benefits, moderate alcohol intake can slightly lower your risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer's disease."

How does drinking wine (unnecessary calories) decrease the risk of diabetes?

You don't think a website with wine in the name could be anything but impartial right?

Naah, just a coincidence. Who knew science would eventually prove that drinking alcohol was the key to good health? After decades of observing alcohol users, I have long suspected this to be the case. One can only hope for the day that vodka is routinely added to the water supply just like fluoride.

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oops. pretty sure i'm subscribed to doing a little bit more than moderate on both cycling and drinking. oh well.
just hoping to live long enuff to actually see consumer ability to pick and choose each and every cable network
they prefer vs being saddled with packages of channels they dgaf about. thread drifting but hey, no rosé.

One would need to rather stringently define "healthier" for the OP to have any meaning.

It was a very good thing Rowan chose cycling rather than drinking alcohol prior to his accident ... and during his recovery.

Cycling is much better for the brain.

Lots of Cycling and a little drinking... works for me,

Not a model for drinking behavior by any means, but a certain 2x UCI hour record holder and holder of UCI track pursuit world champ and world records was a pretty bad alcoholic.

From what I was told, Dennis Christopher smokes cigarettes, or at least he did.

And it's still too cumbersome to parse through.

Yeah, but Pee Wee Herman ... adult theater ... never mind. :rolleyes:

So ... there you go.

Study finds a bottle of wine a week is as bad as smoking 10 cigarettes

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6d607412f01fda

"What's Healthier, Cycling or Moderate Alcohol Use?"

That's actually one of the more stupid things I've ever seen proposed.

Who ever said smoking 10 cigarettes a week was bad for you? That "fact" has not yet been established in this thread. It's probably no worse than drinking a bottle of wine during that same period. May as well just do both, plus a little glue-sniffing and Robitussin on the side.

Damn! I picked the wrong week to give up cough syrup! :(

Moderate drinking is good for the circulatory system. Bad for the liver.

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​​​​​​Nobody has any idea what healthy means!