Posted on 08/31/2013 8:44:28 PM PDT by Innovative
An enticing new study from BMC Medicine reports that people over 55 who drink a little alcohol, averaging about a glass – generally of wine – per day, are less likely to be clinically depressed than those who drink more and those who don’t drink at all.
It turned out that low-to-moderate alcohol consumption was linked to reduced risk of depression: People who drank between two and seven glasses of wine per week seemed to derive the greatest benefit, having a third the risk of being depressed as people who did not drink.
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Chocolate is good for you.
Life is good!
I think the main message is that everything in moderation is good for you.
Depending on the size of the dose you just might not care if you are depressed, at least until the next dose.
Trying to tease out the causalities can be tricky. It might be that those with a cheerier world view might prefer the wine, rather than the wine promoting the cheerier world view. Also, depression medications generally come with warnings against alcohol consumption.
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine...
> And those who don’t and are always
> Seen with a bottle of water in their hand.
>
> As Ben Franklin said:
> In wine there is wisdom,
> In beer there is freedom,
> In water there is bacteria.
>
> In a number of carefully controlled trials,
> Scientists have demonstrated that if we drink
> One litre of water each day,
> At the end of the year we would have absorbed
> More than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli , (E. Coli) - bacteria
> Found in faeces.
> In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poo..
>
> However,
> We do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer
> (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) ,
> Because alcohol has to go through a purification process
> Of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
>
> Remember:
> Water = Poo,
> Wine = Health.
> Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid,
> Than to drink water and be full of shit.
>
> There is no need to thank me for this valuable information:
> I’m doing it as a public service!
Did this come from Uncyclopedia or sumfin? (The content free reference.)
Benjamin Franklin died before Louis Pasteur identified bacteria, I believe.
I guess Neil Diamond/UB40 were onto something.
What's the word? Thunderbird!
What's the price? Thirty twice.
When you're feeling low,
It makes you want to go, go, go!
When you're feeling sad,
It makes you feel so glad.
Have you heard?
What's the word? Thunderbird!
It makes you want to fly, fly, fly
In the sky, sky, sky.
You go high, high, high,
And you cry, "my, my, my!"
Have you heard?
What's the word? Thunderbird!
Just one sip of that Thunderbird
Drives your blues away.
You dig that word, you dig that bird,
And you'll be happy all the day.
Hey, hey, hey!
Ain't it a lovely day!
Feel so good,
Just the way I should.
Have you heard?
What's the word? Thunderbird!
I prefer the ZZ Top version.
Just an e-mail from a wine lover.
If true, I know people who should be free of depression for a couple of thousand years.
My daily dose of wine use to be 1 1/2 liters. Moderation. Wait, what?
A glass a day? I have some very large glasses.
However, I don't drink but haven't noticed that I've been depressed at all.
It’s worth a try!
Hey, it can’t hurt!
I double up to make sure.
Chocolate is good for you."
You forgot sex?
Cherry wine is red.
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