New research provides definitive answer to the question: how complete abstinence affects longevity
It's hard to write about the harm of alcohol without falling into moralizing. But the fact remains - excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages leads to personality destruction.
Therefore, I am worried about the popularization of wine - just as you don’t watch the series, the main character is sure to relieve stress with some expensive sauvignon. As if the price of the drink is at least some kind of protection against the destructive effects of alcohol.
New study: alcohol doesn't increase life expectancy
Strongly knocked the ground out from under my feet the results of an old study that noted an increased mortality rate in people who abstained completely from alcohol compared with those who drank in moderation.
Thank goodness this study has now been disavowed: as you would expect, absolute teetotalers were often people with severely compromised health - or previous libations (or even drugs), or having other terrible diagnoses. It is clear that it is difficult for such people to compete in life expectancy with others.
The study I'm talking about was published yesterday in the journal PLOS Medicine Ulrich John of Greifswald University Medicine.
We investigated a random sample of residents of Germany aged 18 to 64 in the amount of 4093 people. Between 1996 and 1997, they completed a baseline interview on health and habits. Also, new information was added about their life status in 2017-2018.
And, in general, the results confirmed what common sense told us - alcohol does not increase life expectancy.
Sport reduces alcohol cravings
There is another interesting study: it turns out that physical education and sports dramatically reduce the craving for alcohol.
These results were obtained by a group of scientists from Loughborough University in England. They published an article in a magazine Addictive Behaviors.
The experiments involved 60 students of both sexes aged 18 to 25 years. They were interviewed about their favorite drinks and alcohol habits and were shown videos of making cocktails.
And then the participants were divided into three groups: some did the exercises - 5 minutes of squats, push-ups, jumps, etc.
The latter were engaged in uncomplicated creativity such as coloring pictures.
Still others did nothing, just sat in silence in the presence of scientific workers.
In conclusion, we again conducted a survey of all participants.
As a result, it turned out that simple exercises worked best - students were noticeably less interested in alcohol than other groups. And the "artists" simply improved their mood.
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