As we await the release of the revised U.S. dietary guidelines early in 2025, Dr. Laura Catena, vintner and medical doctor, argues recent anti-alcohol messaging is informed by inconclusive science and prohibitionist ideology. In fact, some of the newer studies upon which the WHO proclamation that "no amount of alcohol consumption is safe" were based, were later shown to be conducted by conservative scientists backed by conservative sponsors.
With the US Republican victory and highly conservative stance on many issues, increased scrutiny of alcohol guidelines is likely, especially given that repeat president Trump is a teetotaler.
Dr Catena has created an online resource to debunk the misinformation about alcohol with emphasis on wine called In defence of wine. Dr. Catena is a Harvard- and Stanford-trained biologist and physician, author, fourth-generation vintner, and the founder of the Catena Institute of Wine. Dr. Catena was a practising emergency physician in California for 27 years and is now managing director of her family winery in Mendoza, Argentina. She is one of my heroes.
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