I thought that the effects of alcohol depended primarily on the form.
ie wine was beneficial (esp red wine)
spirits neutral
beer harrmful
Wine's goodness being attributed to antioxidants such as resveratrol that
are all the rage.

Is alcohol paleo?
Paleo diets are based on eating what the body was designed to take over
millions of years (with or without evolutionary adjustment). Of course it
wasn't designed to take large amounts alcohol in the first place. To think
otherwise is wishful thinking. The question is, IF I ELECT TO TAKE ALCOHOL
(without any confabulated justifications) what harm will it do me? Well, the
toxins (apart from the aclohol) will be quite different from those of
breads, grains, cereals and dairy products. So, it might not reactivate any
problems that have disappeared on Plaeodiet (such as arthritis etc). It
might just cause different problems. It will contain plenty of chemicals the
body isn't designed for, hopefully they're not too bad. At least wine looks
OK for the heart.

By the way, ever been to Scotland? What did you think of the food?

Ben Balzer

----- Original Message -----
From: Liza May <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, 28 June 1999 11:16
Subject: [P-F] More on Alcohol


> Just by coincidence, this new study on alcohol consumption popped up
> today:
>
> Light to moderate drinking has been associated with beneficial
> effects
> on health. But a study of 5,766 working Scottish men who were
> followed
> for 21 years showed no association between coronary artery disease
> and
> alcohol consumption after adjustment for potentially confounding
> factors. There was, however, a strong relation between stroke and
> consuming more than 15 drinks a week. Men who consumed more than 35
> drinks a week faced twice the risk of death by stroke as did
> nondrinkers. The risk of mortality from all causes was higher for
> men
> consuming more than 22 drinks a week.
>
> Reference: Hart, C., Smith, G. et al. 1999. Alcohol consumption and
> mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke:
> Results from a prospective cohort study
> of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up. Br. Med. J.
> 318(7200):1725-1729.
>
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> [log in to unmask] (Liza May)