Eddie Pensier writes:
In news that will be welcome to much of the UR crew, turns out that teetotalers don’t have much to live for.
Controlling only for age and gender, compared to moderate drinkers, abstainers had a more than 2 times increased mortality risk, heavy drinkers had 70% increased risk, and light drinkers had 23% increased risk….
A model controlling for former problem drinking status, existing health problems, and key sociodemographic and social-behavioral factors, as well as for age and gender, substantially reduced the mortality effect for abstainers compared to moderate drinkers. However, even after adjusting for all covariates, abstainers and heavy drinkers continued to show increased mortality risks of 51 and 45%, respectively, compared to moderate drinkers.
The study is here. Link via Snowdon of Velvet Glove, Iron Fist.
Drink… it’s good for you!
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Makes sense. Whenever something really stressful comes along, a couple stiff drinks at the end of the day really helps put me on an even keel. I can’t imagine living with all those stress hormones in your body is good for you.
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“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” – attributed to Frank Sinatra.
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Just in time for the Holidays, too. Cheers!
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