...and, to FJB...
Posted on 08/25/2023 12:25:55 PM PDT by Red Badger
Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration is planning to introduce strict new guidelines to pressure the American people to limit their alcohol consumption.
Under the new rules, the Biden admin will urge the public to drink no more than two beers per week.
Biden’s health “czar” Dr. George Koob told the Daily Mail the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) could revise its alcohol advice to match Canada‘s limits.
The Canadian people are advised to have just two drinks per week.
Koob said he has been watching Canada’s “big experiment” with interest.
“If there’s health benefits, I think people will start to re-evaluate where we’re at [in America],” said Koob, who admits enjoying a couple of glasses of Chardonnay a week.
Current U.S. recommendations say women can have up to one bottle of beer, a small glass of wine, or a shot of liquor every day.
The limit for men is double.
However, those guidelines are up for review in 2025.
Per the current guidelines, a drink is defined as containing 0.6 fluid ounces of alcohol, equivalent to one beer, one glass of wine at 12 percent alcohol, or one shot.
Koob, the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), asserted that the limits will be reduced in 2025.
“I mean, they’re not going to go up, I’m pretty sure,” he said.
“So, if [alcohol consumption guidelines] go in any direction, it would be toward Canada.”
The guidelines are currently under review, although the updated versions may not be published until the end of 2025.
The debate about whether alcohol is good in low amounts has been around for decades.
However, Koob told the Daily Mail that there are “no benefits” to drinking alcohol in terms of physical health.
“Most of the benefits people attribute to alcohol, we feel they really have more to do with what someone’s eating rather than what they’re drinking,” he said.
“So it really has to do with the Mediterranean diet, socio-economic status, that makes you able to afford that kind of diet and make your own fresh food and so forth.
“With this in mind, most of the benefits kind of disappear on the health side.”
But he did give ground to social benefits.
He describes alcohol as a “social lubricant.”
Koob admitted that he consumes around two glasses of white wine per week, usually a “buttery Californian Chardonnay.”
Canadian health chiefs admitted their new rules were a “bit shocking” when they were announced earlier this year.
The review process for Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025 to 2030 has already begun — although the final version may not be published until the end of 2025.
America has been recommending a safe limit of up to two drinks per day for adult men and one for women since the 1990s.
In the past, studies suggested there may be some benefits to drinking.
Resveratrol in red wine has been linked to a reduced risk of cancer and improved heart health.
In more recent years, the research has gone the other way, warning that even consuming a small amount of alcohol is dangerous for health.
The move limit the public’s drinking has quickly come under criticism from some quarters, however.
Many accused authorities of “ignoring” the benefits of drinking, including how it can help in social situations and with combatting loneliness.
Dr. Dan Malleck, a health sciences expert at Brock University in Canada, said: “Alcohol infuses many lives in many positive ways.
“We celebrate accomplishments, mark occasions, bring wine to parties, meeting with friends, commiserate, relax, blow off steam… these are important activities and part of the texture and tone of many lives.”
Experts have previously argued that studies into the risks of alcohol are flawed because they fail to examine these social benefits.
Hey dementia joe... GFY...
You will own nothing and you will be happy. But you will NOT be able to celebrate that happiness with a cold one!
They are recommendations like the food pyramid...er triangle...er...whatever.
Oh yeah...don’t eat eggs or butter...
No wait...its ok...
Stay tuned...more requirements coming next week!
Queer beer Bud Light is leading the way in the reduction.
Yep. And people who’ve read history know where this is going. Or not.
Prohibition did not work before and will not work now.
democrats are such control freaks...and that includes all the voters too.
Who the eff is listening to these clowns in the first place?
...and, to FJB...
Yep. I wonder what the shelf life of vodka is :)
Not disagreeing.
If the idiots are dumb enough to believe they can persevere, then it’s time to get this party started and eradicate the tyrants.
On the other hand, smoking weed every hour all day , every day is just fine and encouraged.
I believe you're right--after all he's the smartest guy the Big Guy knows.
>> They always want to ‘ban’ something...
And that which is not banned is mandatory!
Two beers? That’s what i call, “breakfast.”
Slap a 200% tax on alcohol!
Government central planning ruining the country. The Democrats are incapable of stopping this nonsense.
Opened bottle - 5 years; Sealed bottle - 100 years or more
He must be doing cocaine, after all he’s drinking those horrible California “buttery” Chardonnays.
Alcohol ban
Ceiling fans
Gas Stoves
Gas Cars
Hunting, Fishing, Hiking ban (posted that one today)
They seem to be doing pretty darn good at destroying basic freedoms and Rights.
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