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Not a regulated product. No approval pathway exists for this intervention in any market, and none is required to practise it.
Evidence so far is from observational studies in people. 1 other study gave a different intervention (Religious involvement) and is shown for context, not counted.
Evidence map
main endpoints improvedno effectworsenedmixedobservationalanother intervention, contextsize not reported
Higher rows are closer to a person taking this. A case that rests only on the lower rows rests on animals or cells.
What each study measured
Harms reported
Where it is available
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Repeatability is whether the same person measured twice gets the same number. It is not statistical significance. It informs study or protocol design only, never advice for a person.
What would change this picture
Trials under way
Every study (10)
- T5 Pednekar 2012 Association of alcohol, alcohol and tobacco with mortality: findings from a prospective cohort study in Mumbai (Bombay), India doi:10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.08.006
- T5 Keyes 2017 The relationship between alcohol consumption and mortality in an aging cohort of U.S. adults doi:10.1093/geroni/igx004.1837
- T5 John 2021 Alcohol abstinence and mortality in a general population sample of adults in Germany: A cohort study doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003819
- T5 Cansino 2025 Alcohol consumption effects on episodic memory across the adult lifespan doi:10.1007/s43076-025-00453-z
- T5 Krause 2003 Race, Religion, and Abstinence From Alcohol in Late Life doi:10.1177/0898264303253505
- T5 Zhu 2026 Alcohol consumption and mortality among stroke survivors: A NHANES observational cohort study with mediation analysis doi:10.1097/md.0000000000047514
- T5 Hassing 2018 Light Alcohol Consumption Does Not Protect Cognitive Function: A Longitudinal Prospective Study doi:10.3389/fnagi.2018.00081
- TX Stall 1987 Research issues concerning alcohol consumption among aging populations doi:10.1016/0376-8716(87)90040-8
- TX Anderson 1995 Commentaries: Comments on Rehm & Sempos's 'Alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality' doi:10.1080/09652149542175
- TX Nemtsov 2016 Mortality in Russia in light of the reduction in alcohol consumption doi:10.17323/demreview.v3i5.7313