[dexwiz]

Something I've never seen in these analyses is drinking. Millennials are heavy drinkers. Both craft brews and cocktails were defining generational traits. Not everyone is a drinker but it appears they are heavy drinkers compared to other generations.

The theory behind the ultra marathoners is that extreme distance running disrupts the epithelial layer and microbiome in the gut. Wouldn't drinking have similar effects?

[caminante]

> Millennials are heavy drinkers.

That's news to millenials and the graveyard of craft breweries. I thought alcohol consumption is trending off for younger generations.

[SamoyedFurFluff]

Millennials are not the younger generation anymore. That refers to Gen Z and alpha.

[hyperbovine]

It’s more like, millennials got older and started drinking less (as happens), and Gen Z drinks different things like hard seltzer, and also drinks a bit less overall. Plus there were just way too many craft brewers making hoppy ipa to begin with.

[sevensor]

Unfortunately, hoppy IPA seems to constitute the majority of the survivors. I have no interest personally in suffering through another hazy sour grapefruit triple ipa, but that seems to be about 90% of craft brewery output these days.

[jobs_throwaway]

Interesting, where I live in Brooklyn it seems this is no longer an issue. Tons of non-hoppy craft options like pilsners, stouts, lagers, etc at ~every craft brewery or gastropub.

[caminante]

40% of the US population is older than 45, and millenial includes < 50th percentile.

We're also talking about alcohol consumption. Only half of Gen Z can drink and none of Alpha.

[RupertSalt]

Alcohol has adverse interactions with psych meds, and THC is becoming the recreational drug of choice.

[caminante]

Not yet.

I see one poll by a cannabis outlet claiming 46% of marijuana users are millenials (read: high proportion of user base). However, <20% of millennials smoke marijuana. [0] And another claims <40% use cannabis.

That's still below the ~50% of millennials who consume alcohol.

[0]https://news.gallup.com/poll/284135/percentage-americans-smo...

[panzagl]

I hate to break it to you, but Millennials aren't a younger generation anymore...

though I'm not sure they drank any more than the 2-3 generations that proceeded them.

[caminante]

> but Millennials aren't a younger generation anymore...

Not younger than GenX/Baby Boomer? How?

[cogman10]

We millennials are all middle age.

There's roughly 4 to 5 generations alive at any point and the middle generation is going to be considered both old and young by the generations surrounding it.

Once Gen beta starts we'll be officially old.

[caminante]

Middle age != Middle generation.

I understand your point. But you're redefining widely accepted usage of these terms. Nobody would call a 30 year old "middle age."

[dexwiz]

You're right. 8 year olds would call you ancient and 80 year olds would call you a baby. Middle age is relative and unless you're over 45 you don't admit to it, and then hold on to it for too long.

[rybosworld]

Not to be rude but, google is free:

https://www.google.com/search?q=are+millenials+heavy+drinker...

[caminante]

Well, your first Google result is a blog post that makes my point.

> For example, baby boomers are the generation with the most dramatic increase in harmful alcohol abuse. In contrast, Gen Z prefers the sober lifestyle as they are known to consume alcohol much less than any of their older counterparts, including millennials.

[advisedwang]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6819207/

> Compared to non-/occasional drinking (≤1 g/day), light/moderate drinking (up to 2 drinks/day) was associated with a decreased risk of CRC (OR: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.88–0.98, p=0.005), heavy drinking (2–3 drinks/day) was not significantly associated with CRC risk (OR: 1.11, 95% CI: 0.99–1.24, p=0.08), and very heavy drinking (more than 3 drinks/day) was associated with a significant increased risk (OR: 1.25, 95% CI: 1.11–1.40, p<0.001)... These results provide further evidence that there is a J-shaped association between alcohol consumption and CRC risk.

I guess these sites don't bring up drinking because except for very heavy drinking the data says it's not a factor.

[anoojb]

This finding is crazy! I wonder how many modern health issues have to do with healthy blood/nutrient flow to tissues, that are basically solved with either mild/moderately amounts of movement and a balanced diet.

[zbentley]

I thought lots of data indicated that millennials were drinking less than previous generations?