Posted on 09/22/2019 7:48:41 AM PDT by tired&retired
Dr. Kawas and her team of doctors and professors analyzed data from a long term study conducted at the UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders. They dubbed this study the “90+ Study” which has been following people over the age of 90 since 2003.
The research covered everything from daily exercise to sleep schedule to diet.
As a result, the researches concluded that people who drank two glasses of wine or beer per day saw an 18% drop in their risk of early death. On the other hand, those who exercised 15-45 minutes per day only saw a 11% drop. In other words, drinking alcohol is better for you than exercise for longevity of life.
The common cliche for that is a “night cap” if I correctly recall Hollywood getting to bed scenes.
The Docs say a male can have 15 standard drinks a week.
2 a day puts you right at that line.
A sane person would limit their drinking to the weekend or special occasions.
Don’t drink anything if your going to drive. A DUI is just not worth it.
Let it be so, it is different in different languages:)
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“I have actually seen autopsies of alcoholics and have to admit that most of them has super clean arteries.”
No surprise, alcohol is an excellent solvent.
Time to drink while exercising!
Here’s to me
and through me
and onto the car seat
My aunt is 92 and she has the requisite 2 Martini lunch once a week when I take her out to lunch. She is still going strong.
That’s the exact opposite of my experience. An alcoholic friend of mine died in his apartment and the odor of decomposition was so pungent within hours it was mind-boggling. Worse than drowning victims after a week under water.
Definitely funded by California or some other Wine Board.
The alcohol in beer, wine, and all other alcoholic beverages is ethanol.
Ethanol is bad for many car engines and should never be put in outboard motors or your boat will die on the lake.
Yes, I drink a little red wine and also a tiny bit of vodka. I’m really healthy. But then, I exercise every day too.
I was always able to stop after nine beers. It was the perfect amount for me until I quit. Then the reality of the Toby Kieth song sunk in.
"Feed'n the dog.
Sack'n the trash.
Honey do this. Honey do that.
When I sobered up and I started think'n.
Life ain't no fun since I quit drink'n."
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough.”- Mark Twain
There were a couple of years in the 80s that Im pretty sure that I was single handedly responsible for keeping Jim Beam profitable. My friends and I were enjoying the youthful debauchery that was that time. We each had more than 9, WAY MORE, every day. One day that was just enough of that. Now I can usually only fit in time for about 2 a month. One still tastes like two and two always tastes like 20 but its become much easier to count correctly as Ive gotten older.
Ive been meaning to work on increasing my health anyway.
As you can see by some of the asinine responses, alcohol is never a scientific discussion. The discussion is usually loaded with ridiculous religious beliefs and misplaced anger. The drug warriors decided to add tobacco and alcohol into the anti campaigns because the larger the net the more fish you catch and the more that catch is worth so now its about stolen money too. Youre an addict, my paycheck depends on it.
Hops have anti-inflammatory properties which is why the “evil and unproven” but highly effective homeopathic pain relievers have hops in them. A recent study showed beer more effective than Tylenol for killing pain...I think any idiot could have told you that without a study.
Also having food in your system increases your tolerance level. Drinking on an empty stomach greatly magnifies the effect of the alcohol. I'm a large guy, six foot three and a solid 250 pounds. Normally I can handle a few beers or glasses of wine over a few hours with little impact on sobriety but one night I had a couple of beers after having practically nothing to eat the whole day. Those two beers had my head spinning like a schoolgirl having her very first drink.
Drinkers are notorious for underreporting the amount that they actually drink. If I had to guess, I would say that the average drinker consumes more like 4-6 drinks a day on average. True alcoholics much more than that. But admitting something like that in this society would be inviting an intervention! So everybody's stock answer to how much they drink is "1-2 drinks a day."
here’s the routine for health -
- gin soaked raisins (9 raisins a day until they are gone) for are good good for colds\flu
- a glass of red wine a day is good for the blood
- a shot of vodka a day is good for heart health
- bottle of beer a day to reduce risk of kidney stones
- a glass of of white wine a day reduces inhibits “free radicals” to protect the lungs
- a shot of whiskey a day aids in weight loss.
to sum up:
I am healthy as a horse, I just have to go to these meetings.
Joggers never look like they are having fun. Always a grimace.
I think walking is a superior exercise to jogging/running.
I attended Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas last night. I was in my seat every minute of the 8 hour, 15 minute extravaganza...not even a rest room break (o/t, not unusual after my usual shift at UPS, where I shed a few pounds every day).
I'm kind of embarrassed to say that I have been locked into a musical time warp, staying in the 50s, 60s, and 70s as far as my music listening goes. That was one of the reasons why I bought a ticket, to see if there were any musicians I wasn't familiar with.
Acts that really jumped out at me were James Bay, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang and Tedeschi-Trucks, and I was reacquainted with Robert Cray, Los Lobos, and Doyle Bramhall II.
It was undoubtedly the best concert I ever attended, the multitude and musical diversity of the performers was extraordinary. Throw in Bill Murray as the emcee of the event, and it added up to a spectacular evening of entertainment.
I'm about a decade behind you. I would say that most of my music library is from the 1964-1985 period with a smattering of 90s grunge and alternative. Thanks to YouTube, I've been discovering old concerts of my favorite bands of that era as well as rare tracks.
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