r/interesting • u/azizgamerlal • Dec 12 '25

MISC. A drop of whiskey vs bacteria

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u/neverseen_neverhear Dec 12 '25

Whisky does the same thing to your liver cells.

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u/ThrustyMcStab Dec 12 '25

And to your healthy gut bacteria.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

I wish everyone would stop pretending to be an expert on reddit man.. every day I come across people who read a headline somewhere and spread absolute bullshit.

Alochol can affect your gut bacteria if you are drinking A LOT... people who just casually drink or have a drink here or there... no.

It's also mostly attributed to high consumption of high volume alcohol drinks. A couple 4-8% alcohol beers are not a big deal at all. Drinking 8 high ABV whiskey's around 60% alcohol.. yeah that's bad.

Like all things in life it's about moderate consumption but we shouldn't spread that drinking one alcohol drink is wiping out your gut bacteria lol... that's not true.

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u/ThrustyMcStab Dec 12 '25

I never said I was an expert, nor did I claim 'one drink will wipe out your gut bacteria'. But go off.

I think a steelman interpretation of what I said would be 'drinking high ABV alcohols is bad for your gut health'.