Alcohol beneficial during Liver Flushing?
I've noticed that before big pharma, Beer was the medicine of choice for virtually every ailment and used daily by almost all working men of the past (In the 1820s, Americans drank seven gallons of alcohol per person annually. It's 2.5 today) rates that would make people think you're an alcoholic by today's standards, yet they are the same men who were more physically active, healthier, shockingly high testosterone despite modern views that phytoestrogen in hops causes lower T levels, lived into their 90s, and pointed to by most now as the ideal we want to return to. Responsible Alcohol use is an effective painkiller and an obvious rival to pharma companies as responsible drinking has almost no side effects compared to prescription drugs, in fact moderate drinkers live longer on average than those who abstain. But what about
liver stones and flushing,
Andreas Moritz was anti-alcohol for most of the same reasons stated by pharma "Liver disease!" "it forms gallstones" and while there's studies showing alcohol is not good for the liver, there's actually some studies that differ, in fact one study I found really peaked my interest:
"Limited research suggests that moderate consumption of alcohol may lower the risk of
Gallstones in some people. However, other studies suggest that alcohol consumption may slow the gallbladder." -Medically reviewed by Saurabh Sethi, M.D., MPH — Written by Adam Felman on August 30, 2023
The German poet Goethe (1749-1832) is a good example of this idea, he cured himself during an illness on nothing but beer everyday until his symptoms diminished. With all this information and the potential benefit of moderated alcohol for the intense negative emotions and stress (cortisol will shorten life) that are triggered around
Liver Flushes as well as physical pain from stones moving, I am curious what other Liver Flusher's thoughts on moderate drinking and
Liver Flushing might be.
Thank you