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		didibus on Jan 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Healthy habits add up to 10 disease-free years to ... Had never heard of that before. Thanks for the link. So its probably that brain damage also only happens at levels that put the liver at risk, and maybe that's why this isn't observed in the OP study?

overflow897 on Jan 14, 2020 [–]

There are studies that show even moderate alcohol usage can have a damaging effect. And any amount of alcohol has been shown to raise risk of cancer.

https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2353

The consensus is slowly moving towards there not being a healthy amount of alcohol consumption.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

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