The scientists found that
moderate drinkers lived longer than abstainers, and that wine drinkers did indeed live longer on average than people who consumed other kinds of alcohol.
Now in regards to the light or
moderate drinkers living longer than non-drinkers or heavy drinkers, I certainly realize this doesn't mean that you HAVE to drink in order to live to 100.
It's considered a toxin (intoxicated) by any scientist, yet for some reason, study after study shows that light to
moderate drinkers live significantly longer than both non-drinkers or heavy drinkers.
Not exact matches
Instead we perceive a much larger and more diverse assortment of individual heavy
drinkers who have little in common except that (1) they drink a lot, (2) they tend to have many more problems in
life than nondrinkers or
moderate drinkers, and (3) they show a puzzlingly inconsistent ability to manage their drinking» (p. 99).
«So - called «
moderate»
drinkers do not
live longer than nondrinkers,» said review co-author Tanya Chikritzhs.
And in 2009, two coffee studies suggested additional benefits: Coffee - drinking men seemed to have a lower risk of advanced or lethal prostate cancer than other men, and middle - aged people who drank
moderate amounts of coffee — three to five cups a day — had the lowest risk for dementia and Alzheimers disease later in
life compared to less (or more) frequent
drinkers.
«People who continue to be
moderate drinkers later in
life are healthier,» he added.
When an applicant that applies for
life insurance is a
moderate to heavy
drinker or has a history of alcohol abuse,
life insurance underwriters will typically request the following pieces of information: