Study: Abstaining from alcohol significantly shortens life
New research shows that those who imbibe are less likely to die than those who stay dry.
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Less likely to die... wait a minute... ha ha ha ha ha!!!
"I feel sorry for people that don't drink, cause when they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
Actually, I have two peaks of feeling good -- midmorning and evening. Plainly, whoever first said this and everyone that repeats it, is speaking words without knowledge.
"A possible explanation for this is that alcohol can be a great social lubricant, and strong social networks are essential for maintaining mental and physical health."
From the Time article: "those who abstain from alcohol tend to be from lower socioeconomic classes, since drinking can be expensive. And people of lower socioeconomic status have more life stressors — job and child-care worries that might not only keep them from the bottle but also cause stress-related illnesses over.... More
Apparently your religion prohibits drinking alcohol and therefore you shouldn't do it. I respect that. However, most people are free to choose.
Research by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) reveals that the benefits of moderate drinking outweigh the harms from abusive drinking.
The NIAAA calculates that if all drinkers in the U.S. became abstainers, there would be an additional 80,000 deaths.... More
There is alcohol in tree and plant,
all part of nature's plan.
It follows then, that there should be,
some alcohol in man
Who was this study financed by? Was it Molson, Budwesier, Coors...etc.
It wasn't sponsored by any alcohol producer. Incidentally, the federal government's NIAAA reports that it funds over 90% of all alcohol research in the country. Most of the rest comes from state governments and private foundations not associated with the alcohol industry.
Even if the study were sponsored by the alcohol industry,how would you discredit the hundreds of other scientific medical studies demonstrating that moderate drinking is good for health and longevity?
Not convinced. Not yet. Give me a few more studies and I might start listening.
A few more drinks would do you more good than a few more studies.
O.K, M,
Here are several more studies. You can start listening now:
Di Castelnuovo, Augusto, et al. Alcohol dosing and total mortality in men and women: An updated meta-analysis of 34 prospective studies. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006, 166, 2437-2445.
Lee, S.J. et al. Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers. Journal of the American Gerontological Society, 2009, 57(6), 995-962.
McCaul K.A., et al..... More
Regardelss of how many studies support drinking alcohol or wine but I will never, God willing, touch this evil.
Jesus made wine and NO IT WASN"T GRAPE JUICE. David was drunk (and while he was special, he wasn't just drunk in the Lord) and the Bible i full of stories. I think it is really interesting that the first reported miracle was the wedding wine.
Moderation...... MODERATION. Those that claim drinking is evil must abstain from a lot. I think eating pig is immoral for me, but I wont judge you so don't judge because I have a rum and coke. Those that protest too much have a very bad view and.... More
they want people to start drinking so they can be more easily herded into FEMA death camps
Where did you ever get the idea that drinking alcohol in moderation is evil? Perhaps from Carrie Nation, but certainly not from the Bible!
There is much support in the Bible for drinking alcohol in moderation. Jesus himself both created and consumed wine and the Bible makes many positive references to the consumption of alcohol. Wine has been used in Christian religious rituals since the beginning of the religion.
It was the temperance movement that created the "two wine" theory to support its belief that alcohol is evil. The dilemma was the clear approval by Jesus of alcohol. Therefore, temperance activists argued that.... More
I won't try to convince you. You're free to choose whether or not to drink and to suffer the consequences of abstention if that is your choice.
Most everyone prefers to drink any alchohol socially. or at least with someone. I know I do enjoy lunch with wine a couple of times a week with good company. It is good for you.
amazing...cant believe it ...it is true my god...not that you drink and spoil your life...have a drink and meet people socialize party dance and live your life cheerfully. carry yourself better with many friends to cheers you up and your life will be active interesting and positive than not having any drink at all....on on cheers somas
As Frank Sinatra said: I feel sorry for teetotalers. When they wake up, that's the best they are going to feel all day.
thats because teetotalers dont have hangovers.... some people actually wake up feeling great!
Having a drink in the evening contributes to sleep. And only people who abuse alcohol have hangovers. the rest of us who drink enjoy better health and can expcet to live longer :-)
Actually the quote is from John Barrymore, Drew Barrymore's grandfather. I have seen this mis-attributed to Sinatra and also Dean Martin.
The notion that alcohol is a social lubricant tailors toward the extroverted, social world. One question is: did the study take into effect personality type (introverted v extroverted)? It is certainly possible (and doable) to be an introvert, abstain from alcohol, and live a long, satisfying life. Keep in mind introverts and extroverts are interwoven together.
Why be concerned about personality? Many of the ways by which alcohol in moderation improves cardiovascular health have been identified. We KNOW how moderate drinking reduces heart attacks by almost half. There's no reason to speculate about personality and whether or not this particular study took that into consideration.
What about alcohol killing bacteria inside you. Perhaps that's why ale became popular. To kill bacteria of spoiled or almost spoiled foods. If you drink every day you keep your system clean?
Researchers continue to find evidence that moderate alcohol consumption fights H. pylori infection. (Gao, L., et al. Alcohol Consumption, Serum GammaGlutamyltransferase, and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in a Population-Based Study Among 9733 Older Adults. Annals of Epidemiology, 2010, 20(2), 122-128.)
The infection is a common cause of stomach and intestinal upset and appears to be a factor in the development of stomach cancer.
For a list of studies, see .... More
Although prohibition ended over 70 years ago, there is still a strong anti-alcohol sentiment in the U.S. that many of these comments reflect.
The prohibitionists insisted against all evidence that the Noble Experiment was effective. In reality, prohibition led to the expansion of organized crime, widespread corruption of public officials, increased violence, the consumption of sometimes toxic bootleg alcohol, disrespect for law and order, the glamorization of both gangsters and personal.... More
Except for the fact that just about 70 years ago they stopped prohibition of alcohol and started prohibition of marijuana. Just leads me to believe that prohibitors gonna prohibit.
There's a whole policing and legal network that depends on the continuing "war" for their employment.
Not to mention the liquor companies that don't want anything legalized until they can get their finger in the pie.
Interestingly, prohibition was strongly supported and defended by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) of the 1920s. The "second Klan" was established in Georgia in 1915 largely to support state-wide prohibition that had earlier been imposed in the state.
The Klan was concerned that the law was being widely ignored. Subsequently, it tarred-and-feathered bootleggers and even killed them. Its anti-alcohol stance was a major reason that the group became so popular across the entire country.
The.... More
I always remember the story about Ricky Nelson's family. His dad died of lung cancer even though he never smoked nor drank at the age of sixty. As Mark Twain wrote: "My habits protect me but they'll liable to assassinate you."
Oh yea sure its is.....
Cocktails with the girls. Wine with dinner. A nightcap before bed. Drinking may seem harmless, but drug experts recently said that alcohol is more dangerous than crack and heroin combined. In recognition of Alcohol Awareness Month, find out if you're drinking too much…
It’s a lovely evening. You’re relaxed and having a good time with friends, so you signal the waiter for a second cocktail.
That extra glass or two won't hurt, right? Wrong, say.... More
I can see who sponsored this at the bottom of the page,ALL LIES
This is an OUTRIGHT LIE,Tell that to the MUMMIES that all died early of HEART DISEASE and clogged arteries......
I thought heart disease and clogged arteries was from eating fatty foods? Bad diet?
Any form of Cruelty to animals is totally unacceptable. Remember, do unto others as you would have done unto yourself, you would then behave very differently. This must stop immediately.
If you waste one hour in the pub a day where you could be having fun (okay sitting in the pub is fun for some people :) ) You have wasted three years over a 70 year lifespan. A life shortened by two years for not drinking is more than worth it, unless you have a real important date at a time two years into your future at 70 years old. I think not.... So, who cares, right?
This reminds me of the infamous “100,000 beer commercials” myth that's still making the rounds.
According to the myth, the average young person in the U.S will have seen 100,000 beer commercials between the ages of two and 18. But just think --- sixteen years or about 5,844 days occur between a person's second and eighteenth birthday. To see 100,000 beer commercials in that period, a person would have to see an average of more than seventeen a day!
Common sense alone.... More
There's another problem with your assumptions. For your calculations to be correct, your have to assume that even as infants, people spend an hour every day in a pub and that, as they age, they are never ill or miss days (including Christmas) at the pub.
This is an excellent example of the faulty logic being used by people trying to disprove the overwhelming evidence that drinking in moderation promotes good health and longer life.
Your hypothetical isn't consistent with the behavior of most moderate drinkers. Most moderate drinkers don't spend an hour in a pub every day but enjoy their beverage at home and with their families at dinner or afterward.
And when you're 70, a couple more years of life will seem VERY important.
Research in Italy that followed people over a long period of time found that about two years of life are gained by moderate drinkers (1-4 drinks per day) in comparison with occasional drinkers on the one hand and and heavy drinkers on the other.
Drinking in moderation, exercising, and not smoking were all found to be associated with greater life expectancy.
The findings were published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
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Okay, taking one vitamin aday is good for you but i doubt that four is recommended. same with a glassof wine or beer, use some comon sense.ANYTHING you abuse will probably harm you,(food,tobacco, alcohol,viagra. If you dont want to drink it then DON'T.
I commend those who are alcoholics and who are abstaining in order to save their life and have a better quality of life. I have burried, supported, and been abused by too many. On the flip side, I enjoy my wine with dinner, I enjoy winding down with a cocktail, this does not make me a dunkard or a fool or someone who cannot cope with life without alcohol. I also like bacon and cheese. In moderation... a test can only be truly valid if all the participants have the same genetic make up, the.... More
Epidemiological studies involve large population groups so the variables in lifestyles and body types tend to even out. Also, the analysts try to pull out certain factors to isolate the factors being studied, in this case different levels of drinking alcohol. This is how it was established that seat belts save lives and smoking kills prematurely.
However, the points about reducing stress and socializing more are probably the real reason for the increased longevity.
