Good news for all you men of DU - moderate drinking may benefit you!

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070305/hl_nm/moderate_drinking_dc;_ylt=Avbr9ab6DBLFtZCV8ThZBaADW7oF

Moderate drinking may benefit elderly men Mon Mar 5, 2:19 PM ET



NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may function better physically than either those who abstain completely or those who abuse alcohol, a new study suggests.


Moderate drinkers tend to be healthier in general than teetotalers or problem drinkers, Dr. Peggy M. Cawthon of California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and colleagues note. There is also evidence that moderate drinking may reduce inflammation.

Cawthon and colleagues compared functional limitations, physical performance and drinking history for 5,962 men aged 65 or older who were classified into 5 categories. Men who consumed 5 or more drinks on most days were classified as having a history of sustained excessive drinking, while those who responded positively to a questionnaire used to diagnose alcoholism were classified as problem drinkers.

Moderate drinkers were those who consumed between 7 and 20 drinks per week and heavy drinkers were men who consumed 21 or more drinks weekly. Abstainers made up the final group.

Moderate drinkers scored about 3 percent to 5 percent better on tests of physical function than the abstainers, the researchers found, while scores for heavy drinkers were about the same as those for the abstainers.

[unpossibles]

1. sweet. I love to drink moderately

so much that sometimes I do it all day.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Moderate to heavy drinking is healthy for women, right?

Please say yes.

[matcom]

3. SWEET! I fall between 7 and 20 drinks a day!

:D

[LynneSin]

4. I hate to break your heart but that's PER WEEK not per day

:cry:

[AllegroRondo]

5. Then I'm set for the next 10 years

:)

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Moderate drinking? That lets matcom out.

:hide:

[matcom]

7. see #3

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

8. Matcom hasn't figured out that's 7-20 A WEEK

He's thinking that's per day

[Midlodemocrat]

9. Well, the alcohol has probably addled his brain, although it is a great

preservative.

Did you know he's actually 82? Doesn't look a day over 38.




:hide:

[LynneSin]

10. With a mentality not a day over 13

:hide:

[derby378]

11. Konigshaven, here I come...

I need something with which to toast the conviction of "Scooter" Libby!

Watch this video NOW!

:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:

Then, when you've moshed yourself silly celebrating the downfall of Libby... :woohoo:

Play this sucker LOUD!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[KamaAina]

12. Define "moderate".

:evilgrin: