To Drink or Not to Drink

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

As the title of his book — Drink? — suggests, world-renowned professor of neuropsychopharmacology David Nutt thinks the cost/benefit analysis around consuming alcohol is an open question. He's not anti-alcohol — he regularly drinks himself — but he also thinks most people (more than 2/3 of folks around the world have had a drink in the past year) need to understand a lot more about drinking than they typically do in order to make an informed choice as to whether, and how much, to partake.

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0:00.0	Bret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:10.9	As the title of his book, Drink, Question Mark, Suggest, World and Out Professor of Neurocycle
0:15.3	Pharmacology David Nut thinks the cost-benefit analysis around consuming alcohol is an
0:19.6	open question.
0:20.6	He's not anti-alcohol, he regularly drinks himself, but he also thinks most people, more than
0:24.6	two-thirds of the folks around the world have had a drink in the past year, need to understand
0:28.2	a lot more about drinking than they typically do in order to make an informed choice as
0:31.9	to weather and how much to per take.
0:34.0	To that end, today on the show Dr. Nut shares the ins and outs of something he calls
0:37.2	both a fantastic and a horrible drug.
0:39.7	We discuss how people acquire a taste for something that initially registers as a toxic
0:43.2	poison and how alcohol affects the body and mind.
0:45.7	We then delve into alcohol's long-term health consequences, including its link to cancer,
0:49.8	the fact that it kills more people via stroke than by cirrhosis, the way it has a
0:52.9	feminizing effect on men, and what it does to your sleep.
0:55.8	We discuss what influences someone's chances of becoming an alcoholic and the signs you've
0:59.2	got a drinking problem.
1:00.2	David also argues that drinking has some benefits and offers suggestions on how to
1:03.6	imbibe alcohol in a way that helps manage its risk.
1:06.6	We enter conversation with why more people are curbing their drinking and the synthetic
1:09.7	alcohol David is developing that mimics the relaxing effects of alcohol without its
1:13.6	negative downsides.
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