Peter Attia· MD
ethanol is a toxin but of course the dose makes the poison
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
ethanol is a toxin but of course the dose makes the poison
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there is a probability distribution that drives the impact of a toxin on a population and there are going to be some people at one end of the spectrum who are largely unimpacted by certain toxins and there are going to be others who are not
there is a probability distribution that drives the impact of a toxin on a population and there are going to be some people at one end of the spectrum who are largely unimpacted by certain toxins and there are going to be others who are not and so ethanol is no exception to that