What's Healthier, Cycling or Moderate Alcohol Use?
04-09-19, 06:03 AM
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... alcoholism is not a decease, it is a choice that drinkers make, because they like it. Alcoholism runs in my family ...
It's a choice that runs in your family? Not being critical, I'm just having a difficult time reconciling those two statements. 1. not a disease, it's a choice, but 2.) it runs in my family.
Personally, I think there's a major genetic component or predisposition to alcoholism, without which the disease cannot occur in a given person, but a person's choices (to use alcohol or not to use it) determine whether these genes are able to express themselves or not.
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It's a choice that runs in your family? Not being critical, I'm just having a difficult time reconciling those two statements. 1. not a disease, it's a choice, but 2.) it runs in my family.
Personally, I think there's a major genetic component or predisposition to alcoholism, without which the disease cannot occur in a given person, but a person's choices (to use alcohol or not to use it) determine whether these genes are able to express themselves or not.
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It's a choice that runs in your family? Not being critical, I'm just having a difficult time reconciling those two statements. 1. not a disease, it's a choice, but 2.) it runs in my family.
Personally, I think there's a major genetic component or predisposition to alcoholism, without which the disease cannot occur in a given person, but a person's choices (to use alcohol or not to use it) determine whether these genes are able to express themselves or not.
04-09-19, 10:59 AM
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The Mediterranean diet is said to positively correspond with longevity. There again, there is this association with moderate use of alcohol being a part of a healthy lifestyle, --e.g., a 'diet pattern' that includes, the 'Mediterranean way of drinking'...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/...98.2012.747484
The relation between alcohol consumption and mortality is a J-shaped curve in most of the many studies published on this topic. The Copenhagen Prospective Population Studies demonstrated in the year 2000 that wine intake may have a beneficial effect on all cause mortality that is additive to that of alcohol. Wine contains various poliphenolic substances which may be beneficial for health and in particular flavonols (such as myricetin and quercetin), catechin and epicatechin, proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins, various phenolic acids and the stilbene resveratrol. In particular, resveratrol seems to play a positive effect on longevity because it increases the expression level of Sirt1, besides its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic properties. Moderate wine drinking is part of the Mediterranean diet, together with abundant and variable plant foods, high consumption of cereals, olive oil as the main (added) fat and a low intake of (red) meat. This healthy diet pattern involves a “Mediterranean way of drinking,” that is a regular, moderate wine consumption mainly with food (up to two glasses a day for men and one glass for women). Moderate wine drinking increases longevity, reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and does not appreciably influence the overall risk of cancer.
04-10-19, 01:20 PM
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I know the two just don't mix for me, either drink and get negative results or eat clean and don't drink and make some progress
with the bike and getting in shape,
just a couple of drinks on the weekend will set me back a week in training. but that may just be me
so why bother, for me if I want to progress and get in any kind of shape I have to stay away from booze completely
not such a bad way to go in my case,
with the bike and getting in shape,
just a couple of drinks on the weekend will set me back a week in training. but that may just be me
so why bother, for me if I want to progress and get in any kind of shape I have to stay away from booze completely
not such a bad way to go in my case,
04-15-19, 09:35 AM
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Internet Benefits: Broadcasting Deceptive Propaganda is Easy
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' 'em being... longevity, e.g., https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the...rate-drinking/
Instead, they use peer-reviewed journals, to keep each other on track and honest.
Consuming ethel alcohol puts seven calories per gram into your body with no nutritional benefits at all, but makes you intoxicated... if you are foolish enough to consider that a benefit.
The more real science that is conducted around the globe on the effects of alcohol, the more bad news is discovered.
The alcohol lobby is powerful worldwide, the business is highly profitable. The alcohol industry is doing everything in its power to defuse or confuse the issues of health and alcohol consumption, the same way the tobacco industry did in the 1950;s through the 1990's on the subject of lung cancer and smoking.
If you want the "benefits of wine," drink grape juice. If you want thinner blood, take vitamin E, if you want a healthy heart, ride your bike.
I have seen no science showing that having a beer/cocktail/glass of wine or two, every now and then is harmful to your overall health if you are taking care of it otherwise. All of the science I have seen about regular alcohol intake shows it to be bad for the body.
Don't drink and ride. Same drunk driving laws apply to intoxicated cyclists as to motor vehicle drivers.
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04-15-19, 09:56 AM
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While true that...
...abstainers should not be encouraged to begin drinking... because of the risk of alcohol abuse
facts are facts, e.g.,
Here 'ya go... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...111/acer.12585
...abstainers should not be encouraged to begin drinking... because of the risk of alcohol abuse
facts are facts, e.g.,
Here 'ya go... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...111/acer.12585
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Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense, nonsense
The Mediterranean diet is said to positively correspond with longevity. There again, there is this association with moderate use of alcohol being a part of a healthy lifestyle, --e.g., a 'diet pattern' that includes, the 'Mediterranean way of drinking'...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/...98.2012.747484
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/...98.2012.747484
All of the European countries see alcoholism and its side effects as a major expense in their nationalized health care systems, which is why the amount of legitimate, large scale research into alcohol use and consumption has increased over the past twenty to thirty years.
The U.S. is now facing those same problems.
The choice to responsibly use or irresponsibly abuse alcohol (in all it's many forms) is up to the individual.
The choice to be an alcoholic is also up to the individual.
One does not have to drink to be cool, have friends, impress the boys or the girls, or have a good time.
And one of the best ways to live longer and be healthier is by not drinking on a regular basis, by not drinking in binges, and by not viewing alcohol as a ticket to happiness.
And if you are looking for a way to rationalize your excessive drinking - - there is none.
04-15-19, 10:06 AM
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In short, moderate drinkers live longer.
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Not just alcoholism, there is a strong genetic component to addiction in general. You'll find that families who have a lot of alcoholism will also have people showing addictive tendencies in other areas. I would venture to guess that it presents itself more often as alcoholism just because it's legal and easily accessible. Drugs and hookers take a little more effort and expense. I've struggled with alcohol (shocking, I know, given my screen name lol), and there are a lot of alcholics/addicts in my family. I've gotten the alcohol under control, but can easily recognize my addictive/obsessive tendencies in other areas, even if they're healthier pursuits such as running and cycling.
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Not just alcoholism, there is a strong genetic component to addiction in general. You'll find that families who have a lot of alcoholism will also have people showing addictive tendencies in other areas. I would venture to guess that it presents itself more often as alcoholism just because it's legal and easily accessible. Drugs and hookers take a little more effort and expense. I've struggled with alcohol (shocking, I know, given my screen name lol), and there are a lot of alcholics/addicts in my family. I've gotten the alcohol under control, but can easily recognize my addictive/obsessive tendencies in other areas, even if they're healthier pursuits such as running and cycling.
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Facts are facts and opinions are opinions
facts are facts, e.g.,
Here 'ya go... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...111/acer.12585
Here 'ya go... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...111/acer.12585
The journal it appears in, ALCOHOLISM: Clinical and Experimental Research, does not appear to be peer-reviewed in the field of study according to the Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoho...ental_Research, and was founded in 1977.
Interesting that you would respond with a non-peer reviewed journal link on a subject apparently near and dear to your heart.
Are you shilling?
04-15-19, 10:52 AM
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The article at the end of this link is a "Commentary," an opinion piece, not a scientific study. The last thing I would consider an opinion piece on Alcoholism to be strong on is facts.
The journal it appears in, ALCOHOLISM: Clinical and Experimental Research, does not appear to be peer-reviewed in the field of study according to the Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoho...ental_Research, and was founded in 1977.
Interesting that you would respond with a non-peer reviewed journal link on a subject apparently near and dear to your heart.
Are you shilling?
The journal it appears in, ALCOHOLISM: Clinical and Experimental Research, does not appear to be peer-reviewed in the field of study according to the Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoho...ental_Research, and was founded in 1977.
Interesting that you would respond with a non-peer reviewed journal link on a subject apparently near and dear to your heart.
Are you shilling?
04-15-19, 11:06 AM
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A Big List does not make it so...
Your posts are putting forth a proposition that Moderate Alcohol Use is Healthy.
Nothing could be further from the Truth.
But your statement is left in a vacuum.
You have not defined Moderate.
And are you saying that Moderate Drinking is Healthier than not drinking at all?
Nope. You compare it to riding a bicycle. Apples to oranges.
I can whip up a laundry list of "scientific studies" that suit my point of view if I seek out those published by the counter-press.
The counter-press is journals claiming legitimacy, but really existing as outlets for those interested in muddying the waters of reality and truth, to protect special interests. And there is no shortage of middling scientists accepting grants from special interests to conduct SI devised studies supporting their positions.
Unfortunately, I think you are pushing the wrong wheelbarrow uphill.
04-15-19, 11:19 AM
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The 'longevity' finding is an example of a, 'Black Swan,' phenomena:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499197/
Abstract
The Black Swan Theory was described by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book “The Black Swan”. This theory refers to “high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events beyond the realm of normal expectations”. According to Taleb’s criteria, a Black Swan Event is a surprise, it has a major impact and after the fact, the event is rationalized by hindsight, as if it had been expected. For most of human history centenarians were a rare and unpredictable phenomenon. The improvements of the social-environmental conditions, of medical care, and the quality of life caused a general improvement of the health status of the population and a consequent reduction of the overall morbidity and mortality, resulting in an overall increase of life expectancy. The study of centenarians and supercentenarians had the objective to consider this black swan and to evaluate the health, welfare, social and economic consequences of this phenomenon.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499197/
04-15-19, 11:45 AM
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My 2˘ as far as unscientific moralizing goes-- just my opinion.... my routine... (something I do or, don't do)... I don't drink alcohol before noon (unless it's some sort of unusual thing like breakfast with others and having a bloody Mary or a champagne brunch); and, I don't drink alcohol at least 3 hours before going to bed. So, out of a 24-hour day, the bar is only open for me for about 6 hours a day and personally, I don't believe in getting to, e.g., 0.08 BAC.
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Livestrong on diabetes and Bloody Marys...
...or, if you prefer tequila over vodka... a Bloody Maria. Tip: when looking through the mix options, look for horseradish in the 'ingredients.'
A drink a day keeps diabetes away? Surprisingly, it can help. A 2005 report published in Diabetes Care found that moderate amounts of alcohol—up to a drink a day for women, up to two drinks a day for men—reduces risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 30 percent.
HOW IT WORKS: Alcohol increases levels of a hormone that improves insulin sensitivity. In other words, it makes it easier for your body to process glucose and use it as energy. This helps reduce the amount of sugar in the bloodstream and ultimately reduces risk for developing diabetes.
DRINK THIS: Bloody Mary. You’ll be completely satisfied by just one serving and the antioxidant lycopene in tomato juice offers a heart-healthy bonus.
HOW IT WORKS: Alcohol increases levels of a hormone that improves insulin sensitivity. In other words, it makes it easier for your body to process glucose and use it as energy. This helps reduce the amount of sugar in the bloodstream and ultimately reduces risk for developing diabetes.
DRINK THIS: Bloody Mary. You’ll be completely satisfied by just one serving and the antioxidant lycopene in tomato juice offers a heart-healthy bonus.
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Exercise soap improves your sensitivity to insulin. I doubt alcohol would change it much for people who already ride a lot.
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You really want to justify the drinking, don't you.
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What's Healthier, Cycling or Moderate Alcohol Use?"
Very perceptive, @Machka. 
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-health-benefits-of-moderate-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.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-health-benefits-of-moderate-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.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 04-18-19 at 06:28 AM.
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04-18-19, 07:19 AM
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It's legal and moderate drinkers apparently even live longer (perhaps because heart disease is a major cause of death) so... what's to, justify, especially if also living healthier is the latest finding?
Consuming alcoholic beverages on a daily or near-daily basis was linked to a cognitively healthy and longer life in older adults in a study by led researchers at the University of California San Diego. Moderate to heavy (but not excessive) drinking was defined as up to three daily alcoholic beverages for women and for men age 65 or older, and up to four for men under age 65. The study, titled “Alcohol Intake and Cognitively Healthy Longevity in Community-Dwelling Adults: The Rancho Bernardo Study,”is the first "to examine the association of the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption with cognitively healthy longevity versus being cognitively impaired in later life or dying before age 85," its authors report. It was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Consuming alcoholic beverages on a daily or near-daily basis was linked to a cognitively healthy and longer life in older adults in a study by led researchers at the University of California San Diego. Moderate to heavy (but not excessive) drinking was defined as up to three daily alcoholic beverages for women and for men age 65 or older, and up to four for men under age 65. The study, titled “Alcohol Intake and Cognitively Healthy Longevity in Community-Dwelling Adults: The Rancho Bernardo Study,”is the first "to examine the association of the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption with cognitively healthy longevity versus being cognitively impaired in later life or dying before age 85," its authors report. It was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
04-18-19, 07:31 AM
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The above study referred to above is behind a paywall but, the abstract about CHL (cognitively healthy longevity), is interesting in as much as it addressed frequency (such as daily) as well as the amount that may be considered, moderate...
Relative to nondrinkers, moderate and heavy drinkers (up to 3 drinks/day for women and for men 65 years and older, up to 4 drinks/day for men under 65 years) had significantly higher adjusted odds of survival to age 85 without cognitive impairment (p’s < 0.05). Near-daily drinkers had 2-3 fold higher adjusted odds of CHL versus living to at least age 85 with cognitive impairment (odds ratio (OR) = 2.06; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.21, 3.49) or death before 85 (OR = 3.24; 95% CI: 1.92, 5.46). Although excessive drinking has negative health consequences, these results suggest that regular, moderate drinking may play a role in cognitively healthy longevity.
Relative to nondrinkers, moderate and heavy drinkers (up to 3 drinks/day for women and for men 65 years and older, up to 4 drinks/day for men under 65 years) had significantly higher adjusted odds of survival to age 85 without cognitive impairment (p’s < 0.05). Near-daily drinkers had 2-3 fold higher adjusted odds of CHL versus living to at least age 85 with cognitive impairment (odds ratio (OR) = 2.06; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.21, 3.49) or death before 85 (OR = 3.24; 95% CI: 1.92, 5.46). Although excessive drinking has negative health consequences, these results suggest that regular, moderate drinking may play a role in cognitively healthy longevity.