Is Alcohol the Tobacco of the 21st Century?

Journalist Tim Requarth talks to Mark about the French Paradox and the "J-shaped" relationship between alcohol consumption and health, the inconvenience of alcohol being a little good for you, the less drinking trend and where it's headed (what will alcohol consumption look like in 2080?), and Mark's brushes with sobriety.Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts.Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com.Questions or comments? Email [email protected]. And if you have a minute, we'd love it if you'd take a short survey about our show! Head here: http://bit.ly/foodwithmarkbittman-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.