Moderation

Moderation is the critical safeguard against the harms of overconsumption. Alcohol-free days are said to reduce liver burden and help the body cope. Most people would experience revolutionary health improvements if they genuinely adopted moderation in eating and regular exercise. The moderation argument implicitly assumes people can regulate intake of any food rationally. Using population-average diets as a benchmark for moderation is invalid because the population has widespread metabolic disease. At least two days each week should be completely alcohol-free. If alcohol is consumed, the suggested upper limit is no more than one to two drinks per day. The phrase 'everything in moderation' is a subjective, scientifically imprecise standard with no agreed clinical definition. The moderation framework fails because it ignores carbohydrate intolerance, genetics, food engineering, and the insulin-hunger loop. Moderate consumption is one of the approaches supported in current scientific literature. The 'eat less, move more' approach to health does work; the problem is that people fail to implement it consistently. Moderation is the forgotten principle in modern health discussions, histo…