New genetic study confirms that alcohol is a direct cause of cancer

Post by davidjytang » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 5:07 AM UTC

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and that is selection. Chinese were first to rely on fermented grains to be food at least 6k years ago. good strategy -- there are time when every calorie you can get counts. bad strategy -- its addictive and toxic. solution? favor those who could consume it to avoid starvation, but would not touch it otherwise because it is so unpleasant (instant hangover). Meanwhile brewing alcohol only started maybe 3k years ago i…

That’s quite far fetched. > Chinese were first to rely on fermented grains to be food at least 6k years ago. Not really. We found vessels that are that old, and that contained fermented grain, the rest is extrapolation. There is also evidence of some kind of beer making in Egypt not that long afterwards. Fermented things are present in almost any culture you could care to have a look at, even the remotest Amazonian t…