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cwilluyesterday at 9:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

It always was a health risk; nobody seriously drank booze for the health benefits, did they??


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transitorykrisyesterday at 10:02 PM

Wine certainly. Guinness was marketed as being good for you and not uncommon for pregnant women to drink it. Old liqueurs were often considered medicine, with Chartreuse from the article being one. Doctors used to prescribe alcohol during prohibition, but that probably doesn’t count here.

annoyingnoobyesterday at 10:41 PM

But there is new information and new advice.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2025/08/alcohol-consu...