Surprisingly little alcohol can affect heart rate variability

Post by lm28469 » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:16 PM UTC

nabla9 wrote: post #16

blakesterz wrote: post #3

They close with this: However, a more critical review[0] of the epidemiological data that took into account genetic variants which impact the effect of alcohol intake on longevity shows that the described J-shaped relationship is not as robust as once thought. In conclusion the review simply states: The optimal level of alcohol intake for health and longevity is zero [0] https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/49/3/3…

> The optimal level of alcohol intake for health and longevity is zero The whole "little alcohol can actually be healthy" meme is a good example of corporate sponsored research combined with publication bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias It went on 15-20 years before better and larger studies debunked it. Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for…

Post by thinkharderdev » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:24 PM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #51

nabla9 wrote: post #16

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> The optimal level of alcohol intake for health and longevity is zero The whole "little alcohol can actually be healthy" meme is a good example of corporate sponsored research combined with publication bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias It went on 15-20 years before better and larger studies debunked it. Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for…

> The whole "little alcohol can actually be healthy" meme is a good example of corporate sponsored research combined with publication bias. It also is what everyone drinking a few glasses of wine here and there want to hear

Post by polishdude20 » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:30 PM UTC

antonvs wrote: post #36

nabla9 wrote: post #16

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> The optimal level of alcohol intake for health and longevity is zero The whole "little alcohol can actually be healthy" meme is a good example of corporate sponsored research combined with publication bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias It went on 15-20 years before better and larger studies debunked it. Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for…

> These results suggest that alcohol control policies might need to be revised worldwide, refocusing on efforts to lower overall population-level consumption. It ought to astonish me that people unironically think this way, but then I remember one of the most dangerous and life-shortening human tendencies of them all - the desire to control others.

Post by criddell » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:33 PM UTC

1_player wrote: post #42

OT: "Heart Rate Variability (HRV) gives us an idea about the state of our autonomic nervous system" This answered a big medical doubt I have had for the past week. For ages my heart rate has been at a stable 95-105 resting BPM with very little variability, which is quite high and understandable given my low fitness. I've recently radically changed my diet, and in 2 weeks my resting BPM has gone down to around 65 (!),…

Post by mr-wendel » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:35 PM UTC

JohnWhigham wrote: post #46

intergalplan wrote: post #35

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I've been working on switching most drinking for weed—for health reasons. Seriously. It's the best and lowest-side-effect sleep aid I've used. Hopefully it's not secretly doing horrible things to me, but my sleep quality's been amazing since I started to take a little a couple nights a week. Most consistently-decent sleep of my life.

Weed inhibits REM sleep. You may feel rested, but you're actually harming yourself long term.