Posted on 04/29/2024 11:39:43 AM PDT by Olog-hai
It’s wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o’clock somewhere.
Maybe it’s also time to rethink drinking?
Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods have thrown cold water on that.
“Drinking less is a great way to be healthier,” said Dr. Timothy Naimi, who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
Guidelines vary a lot from country to country but the overall trend is toward drinking less.
The United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Holland and Australia recently reviewed new evidence and lowered their alcohol consumption recommendations. Ireland will require cancer warning labels on alcohol starting in 2026. …
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My in laws both drank an evening cocktail before dinner. In their 40’s through 60’s, they imbibed more than one cocktail a day, but probably only on the weekends. My FIL lived till he was 92, and MIL is still going strong at 96.
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