Posted on 08/30/2010 5:53:58 PM PDT by Flavius
The hangover is really kicking in, and you're cursing yourself for having that fourth drink and then a fifth. Remember Tom? That guy at the party who was only sipping Pellegrino? He's probably doing a bit better right now.
But it turns out you may win out in the long run. According to a new study, heavy drinkers outlive abstainers. Now, go ahead mix yourself a bloody Mary for breakfast.
(Excerpt) Read more at aolnews.com ...
“heavy drinkers outlive abstainers”
Not the ones I know, or knew.
I’m enjoying a Dos Equis now. (Biblical voice) “May I live to 800 years!”
Baloney. They find a spurious correlation in the data to justify boozing. A bunch of drunks had to publish that study.
Yeah, I agree with you. No way could this be true
I can name you two heavy boozers who were very dear to me who died of heavy boozing. What a terribly misleading article.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
This is so gonna piss off my Dr.
Yeah, that's why my alcoholic cousin died at 47 years.
Ted Kennedy out-lived Mary Jo...
Ha! That must make you at least as interesting a man as Putin!
(The day after Pootie-Poot was up flying the firefighting planes, I heard someone say that Putin must drink Dos Equis...:)
I resemble that remark, but I was not involved in preparing that study at all.
Perhaps it refers to the coagulation cascade. Look it up. It may mystify you but it might explain correlation/causation.
Uh, this could only hold true for those who didn’t dies from drunk driving or cirrhosis.
This is bogus.
As explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers.
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.
Here’s how it went:
“Well ya see, Norm, it’s like this...
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first
This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That’s why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”
Heavy drinkers? I too have known some heavy drinkers that died from their habit. Livers don’t forgive so easily.
I can see that light or moderate use could be beneficial, but anytime you ingest a toxin it is not good for you.
But yet many here have absolutely no trouble believing that praying to a deity the sky will cure illness, solve problems, bring you good fortune etc...
Funny how they studies are all bogus until one of them supports the side you believe in.
Bit like the global horse$hit crowd in reverse...
Pul, you forget that over imbibing in alcohol kills brain cells. Most heavy drinkers are also heavy smokers, and cigarettes destroy the lungs. So I have to disagree with your argument, which is really one which gives you permission to drink. Ever hear of denial?
Count the number of families wrecked by alcohol and fortunes lost.
There is just no way its true...
I wonder who’s more responsible for this piece of academic dreck - public education or PC grant foundations?
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