Drinking Alcohol May Extend Your Life

Adolytsi writes "MSNBC has an interesting article on an Italian study on alcoholism. While the obvious notion of overconsumption of alcohol being detrimental to one's health is supported, apparently drinking it in moderation can actually extend your lifespan. A study on over 1 million drinkers and 94,000 deaths yielded the results: "According to the data, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol — up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women — reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent, the team reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine. However, "things radically change" when consumption goes beyond these levels, study leader Dr. Augusto Di Castelnuovo, from Catholic University of Campobasso, said in a statement. Men who have more than four drinks per day and women who have more than two drinks per day not only lose the protection that alcohol affords, but they increase their risk of death, the data indicates.""

Comments

That's good news!

[gusmao]

That's exactly how many drinks I have per day. I mean, I always have 28 drinks in one night of the week, but I'm completely sober the other 6 days!

I knew I didn't have a problem... In your face AA!!

Re:Legal age

[drinkypoo]

Where's the ACLU when they could actually be doing something helpful.

They're in the bathroom, wiping themselves with the second amendment while pretending to care about the rest of 'em.

Re:Define "drink"

[arivanov]

The study is Italian. So this means a glass or two of red wine, possibly a small shot of brandy. Less likely, but still possible - a glass of decent beer or a glass of white.

We are definitely not talking about a glass of scotchpiss, budwiserpiss, johnsmithpiss or any other forms of rancid piss served in english speaking bars on either side of the pond.

There are plenty of studies which reach this conclusion - a bit of red whine is actually good for your health. IMO, what they miss is that it has to be real red wine, not Californian or Australian ribenapiss whose fermentation has been arrested with two tons of preservatives. I cannot prove that with a reference an actual study, but there is anecdotal evidence that neither Californian nor Australians have been able to confirm the Italian, Spanish and French studies. Considering the horrid things they do to wine in the so called "New World Vineries" I am not surprised.

Re:military & drinking

[Lord Kano]

What you really mean to say is that most white men are really closet pedophiles ;)

I guess you hadn't noticed that not all American men are white.

LK

Re:Define "drink"

[cayenne8]

"So you should probably change that to "2" drinks per day, for men, unless you're drinking them more dispersed over the course of the day and with food."

Unfotunately, the states recently let the Feds blackmail them by threatening to withold hwy funds.....into forcing them to lower the BAC to the ridiculously LOW level of 0.08%.

Geez...2 good drinks gets you now into that 'illegal' range. Try to stay healthy....go to jail. Even if not intoxicated to impairment.