Is any amount of alcohol dangerous?
An expert untangles the conflicting headlines
Levels promotes an episode of A Whole New Level discussing the health effects of alcohol. The episode features Dr. Tim Naimi, an alcohol epidemiologist, who explains the contradictory science surrounding alcohol consumption. He highlights five key takeaways, including the risks associated with alcohol and the idea that less consumption is better.
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Is any amount of alcohol dangerous?
What research shows about alcohol’s health effects—and why it's so confusing
Every few years, the story on alcohol flips: a glass of wine is good for your heart, then it isn't, then a new report says maybe it is again. Dr. Tim Naimi has spent his career trying to explain why. He's an alcohol epidemiologist who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, worked on alcohol at the CDC, and chaired a federal panel working on the latest U.S. dietary guidelines.
In a recent episode of A Whole New Level, Naimi explains why the science looks so contradictory, and what actually holds up once you dig in. Spoiler alert: There's no reason to drink more than you do now.
The truth about alcohol →
Five Key Takeaways
1. Where the evidence is uncontested, alcohol doesn't come out well.
It's a Group 1 carcinogen linked to at least seven cancers, and it's harmful to heart failure risk, atrial fibrillation, and blood pressure. Most of the real debate is confined to a narrow question: how much a very small amount matters.
2. The "healthy drinker" effect was largely a data problem.
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