vvjl Should You Change Your Wine Consumption?

When the surgeon general described alcohol as a preventable cause of cancer and recommended that alcoholic beverages carry warning labels, I felt conflicted.

As a wine and food critic, I have been writing about the pleasures of wine for 30 years and recommending bottles for just as long. I have also, especially over the last 25 years, tried to live a healthy life, eating a balanced diet, eliminating processed foods and beverages, and exercising regularly.

During that time, I have been drinking wine more or less daily, usually two or three glasses with dinner, which skirts the longtime government guidance of two drinks or less per day for men, but felt moderate and appropriate for me.

The surgeon general’s warning suggested that I’ve not only been engaging in risky behavior but recommending it to others as well. I felt bad, and defensive. How could this beautiful beverage that I love be considered hazardous when consumed in a thoughtful,peso99 login careful way? Does that make me the equivalent of a drug pusher? Why single out alcoholic beverages? What about the risks of sugary soft drinks or ultraprocessed foods?

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We’ve always known about the inherent risks of alcoholic beverages when consumed recklessly. Out-of-control consumption can be a menace, posing dangers to oneself and to society. That can’t be ignored. But neither can the social, emotional and aesthetic joys that wine and other alcoholic beverages have provided for centuries. These can’t entirely be dismissed.

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