Posted on 10/08/2018 6:29:52 PM PDT by vannrox
ST. LOUIS — We often see studies that tell us not only is light or moderate drinking not harmful to our health, in some cases, it’s actually good for us. But new research out of Washington University’s School of Medicine suggests that daily glass of wine may not be such a good idea after all. Instead, it actually raises your risk of dying sooner.
According to the study of more than 400,000 American adults, light drinkers — regardless of age — are 20 percent more likely to suffer a premature death.
“It used to seem like having one or two drinks per day was no big deal, and there even have been some studies suggesting it can improve health,” notes first author Dr. Sarah M. Hartz, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the university, in a release. “But now we know that even the lightest daily drinkers have an increased mortality risk.”
Hartz says that while earlier research has claimed moderate drinking can reduce one’s risk of heart disease, the benefit is overshadowed by the other damaging effects of alcohol. She points to the elevated risk of developing cancer from daily drinking, which of course, can shorten a person’s lifespan.
“With regard to cancer risk, any drinking at all was detrimental,” she cautions.
Hartz and her team analyzed data from a study of 340,668 people ages 18-85 who took part in a federal study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and another 93,653 adults between ages 40 and 60 who were outpatients at Veterans Administration facilities. The researchers calculated that those who consumed one to two drinks at least four times a week were 20 percent more likely to fall victim to an early death than people who consumed a drink or two three times a week or less. That might not sound like a big concern, but it’s particularly dangerous for those dealing with other health issues.
“A 20 percent increase in risk of death is a much bigger deal in older people who already are at higher risk,” says Hartz. “Relatively few people die in their 20s, so a 20 percent increase in mortality is small but still significant. As people age, their risk of death from any cause also increases, so a 20 percent risk increase at age 75 translates into many more deaths than it does at age 25.”
Simply put, unless your physician tells you otherwise, Hartz says it’s unwise for anyone to justify a trip to the wine store with health benefits.
“Overall, I do think people should no longer consider a glass of wine a day to somehow be healthy,” she concludes.
The full study is published online Oct. 3 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
Don’t tell St. Paul he was wrong in his advice to Timothy (I Tim 5.23).
Less whine.
More wine.
Those glasses of wine or occasional few beers actually extends the lives of annoying libs and other morons I come into contact with. I guess it balances out.
How come these studies never point to something like cauliflower being bad for you or Brussel sprouts? It’s always something people enjoy like coffee, chocolate, or wine.
Note that when countries are listed in order of longevity, France comes in 9th for both sexes, USA listed as 31.
List by the World Health Organization (2015)
Again, corrections welcome.
There’s no money or hysterical media in cauliflower or Brussels sprouts.
I read the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam just to find that quote. His quatrains were rather depressing; Khayyam apparently was an agnostic with no belief in an afterlife and he merely reflects upon the need to obtain as much pleasure from this life as possible because nothing will follow.
Anyway, I’m 70 next month & don’t give a rat’s patootie about these New Puritans and their prohibitionist demands. A drink or two in the evening settles my nerves from the day past & for the day to come. Retirement isn’t all fun and responsibility to others goes on.
These ascetic teetotalers can go bleep themselves. I’ll go whenever God says it’s time.
Brush your teeth up and down now across, Coffee bad coffee good, salt bad salt good, coconut oil bad now good. Where does it end?
-——ascetic teetotalers——
I thought the study was made for the money
That’s what I told the girls we were going to have for our date.
Except for the death part.
I was better looking back then.
As I got older, they wanted lobster.....and I could leave it on their front step.
They change their opinions more often than they change their underwear.
A study emphasizes idiocy if the researchers are idiots.
I’ve been taking a resveratrol supplement for years. It also boosts the immune system. It’s not magic but it can make a big difference for those who tend to get colds easy.
Maybe the results of these studies have more to do with the ‘quality’ of the wine.
I don’t notice anywhere that they state whether this was Boone’s Farm or a Cabernet Sauvignon.
If there was one scintilla of truth to this ‘study’, I’d have had the lid nailed onto my box 30 years ago.
Do muslims live longer than the rest of us? That is not counting those self-destructing for the virgins.
I feel sorry for people who don’t drink or do drugs. They’re going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.
-—Redd Foxx
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