Careful review of Lancet alcohol article - the "burden", remember?

Andrew Ducker found this marvelous article:
https://medium.com/wintoncentre/the-risks-of-alcohol-again-2ae8cb006a4a
"The risks of alcohol (again)"
and the author, David Spiegelhalter, spends some time unpacking the graphs and implications of the Lancet study.

Basically: alcohol, yes there is some risk, which increases with amount consumed, but total abstinence is not necessary.

It seems like there is a similar risks benefits balance to birth control pills:
http://www.cancer.ca/en/prevention-and-screening/reduce-cancer-risk/make-informed-decisions/understand-hormones/benefits-and-risks-of-birth-control/?region=on

Anti-inflammatory diet probably part of preventative steps against Alzheimer's.

This article is about a study showing that the plaque accumulation can be an over-response of the immune system:
https://drknews.com/alzheimers-infection-triggered-autoimmunity/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29689721
(full journal publication has a fee)

Here is a tidy outline of an anti-inflammatory diet:
https://www.hsonline.ca/managing-hs/nutrition/the-anti-inflammatory-diet.html