Damn the Risks, Pour Me Another Glass

Damn the Risks, Pour Me Another GlassWhy I don’t plan to stop drinking alcohol.Mona CharenJun 11, 20261Share(Shutterstock)IS A GLASS OF WINE WITH DINNER going to increase your chance of getting cancer or another serious illness? For the past few years, we’ve been deluged with studies and news accounts suggesting that the answer is yes. This week, the USDA reinstated a caution in its dietary guidelines about limiting alcohol.Note: This is the Trump administration. No sane person seeking guidance on a health matter would look to their science-trashing witch doctors. At the moment, they appear to be whipsawed by industry interests and other constituencies. But who cares? They forfeited credibility the minute Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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