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Pour me another, I want to live forever.
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:04 pm
by calamari kid
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink tend to die sooner than those who do. The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is that many of those who show up as abstainers in such research are actually former hard-core drunks who had already incurred health problems associated with drinking.
But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren't entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
Read more:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... z0yDv3Cimf
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http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... 32,00.html
Now you'll excuse me while I go add on a couple years.
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:13 pm
by Groove
This is
partially why I keep two kegs of homebrew on tap at any given time.
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:16 pm
by DerGolgo
The one thing that beats a good excuse to have a drink is a good reason to have a drink.
Also, now I understand how my parents don't act their advanced ages, they
preserved themselves.
Also, with
tobacco preventing Alzheimers,
Coffee reducing your cancer risk and
chocolate lowering your blood pressure, all that is needed now is a good medical indication for bacon and it's Woody Allen's
The Sleeper, like, totally.
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:52 pm
by Sisyphus
*Brrrp* Yeah, so?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:45 am
by Zer0
Duh. If it were bad, it wouldn't be good.
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:05 pm
by motorpsycho67
I'm calling bullshit.
Heavy drinking is in no way, shape or form good for you. A friend of mine died 2 years ago because of it. He was only 40.
Moderate drinking has
some benefits, but quite a few harmful effects as well. Anything mass produced is going to have negative effects.
Not drinking at all is the best option. Unfortunately I like beer too much.
Who paid for this bogus study? I bet it was the alcohol industry. Maybe even the healthcare industry.