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Alcohol and Your Health: The Truth About “Moderate” Drinking and Why Less Is Better
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In this episode, I (Turo Virta) share my personal journey with alcohol—growing up with a dad who drank daily, going out every weekend in my 20s, and where I’m at now: only having a few drinks occasionally.
For years we heard that moderate drinking might be good for you, maybe even protective for the heart. But newer, higher-quality studies tell a very different story. What seemed like “benefits” often came from healthier, more affluent people being compared to less healthy non-drinkers—not from alcohol itself.
Here’s what we now know:
The World Health Organization makes it…
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