Thursday, December 18, 1997
Keeping the doctor away
It's the old story about whether the glass is half full or
half empty, but with a new twist -- perhaps of lemon.
The American Cancer Society last week released the results
of the biggest study ever made of alcohol's effects on health.
It concluded men and women who average one drink a day have a
lower risk of death from cardiovascular diseases than do teetotalers.
Makers and sellers of alcoholic beverages, of course, immediately
jumped on the report to tout the benefits of their product and
encourage drinking as healthy.
But there's another, equally valid, way to look at the findings
of the study, which also concluded that drinking more than two
drinks a day is bad for you.
In an editorial accompanying the report, Dr. John Potter of
Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center emphasized that
other view -- that if Americans drank more moderately, "we
would see more of the benefits and less of the harm associated
with alcohol."
Sounds a lot like the Apostle Paul's admonition to "take
a little wine for thy stomach's sake."
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