Talk:Long-term effects of alcohol

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The relation between low or moderate consumption of alcohol and health is not clear
The leadtion section:


 * "The best available current evidence suggests that consumption of alcohol (chemically known as ethanol) does not improve health" article history


 * "Previous assertions that low or moderate consumption of alcohol improved health have been deprecated by more careful and complete meta-analysis"


 * "Even light and moderate alcohol consumption increases risk for certain types of cancer"


 * "Conversely moderate intake of alcohol may have some beneficial effects on gastritis and cholelithiasis"

Mortality effects section:


 * "A 2016 systematic review and meta-analysis found that moderate ethanol consumption does not prolong life compared with lifetime abstention from ethanol consumption."

Digestive system and weight gain/Metabolic syndrome section:

"Mild to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower prevalence of the metabolic syndrome......"

Is low or moderate consumption of alcohol good to health or not?--Wolfch (talk) 04:10, 16 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Good point Wolfch. There's some great information in this article, and there are significant problems, one of which you highlighted: Overemphasizing one set of research findings without discussing other research that indicates low to moderate alcohol consumption has some benefits. Unfortunately, there are not many editors currently working to improve substance use disorder articles.  - Mark D Worthen PsyD   (talk)   (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.)  02:07, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Hyperlinks to this article
There is an active RfC underway on the Whisky talk page as to whether the "whisky" article will include links to this "Long-term effects of alcohol consumption" wikipedia article, and similar articles Specifically: Should the whisky article provide direct links to articles about the effects of ethanol on those who consume whisky? Here is a proposed sentence with hyperlinks: Some effects of whisky consumption are due to its alcohol content. See: Alcohol intoxication, Short-term effects of alcohol consumption, Long-term effects of alcohol, and Alcohol and health. sbelknap (talk) 21:20, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Alcohol and sex
Low to moderate alcohol consumption is shown to have protective effect for men's erectile function. Several reviews and meta-analyses of existing literature show that low to moderate alcohol consumption significantly decrease erectile dysfunction risk.

Do not delete this, you militant sobers. It is is proven by several research reviews.