[jvanderbot]

If you can get out of bed and have a social drink,you're probably pretty healthy to begin with.

My understanding is that more modern research has unambiguously debunked the "light drinking" assertions.

But this is not something I'd expect you to be convinced of, because I don't have hard evidence on hand. We will have to leave it there, and I will go refresh my understanding some other time, if you will too :)

[TaylorAlexander]

Nutrition Facts dot Org just published a youtube video on this subject today. The studies that associated light drinking with benefits were found to have systematic errors in more recent analysis, and after correcting for those errors researchers found that there is a linear relationship between drinking alcohol and increased cancer risk. That is, there is no drop in risks with light drinking. Any amount increases risks of cancer.

All the sources here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEKHOvlMVIk