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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more (hsph.harvard.edu)
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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

"Poison is bad for you."

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Dose makes the poison. Water can kill you. There's nothing wrong with alcohol.

[–] SleepyTeddybear@lemmus.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

As a nurse, yeah no, you can't really compare those. Water is essential for the human body. Alcohol has no benefits for the human body, quite the opposite.

As far as I know, medicine came to the conclusion that there is no amount higher than 0 that won't harm your body.

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