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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 22 2018, @06:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the all-things-in-moderation dept.

On the one hand, drinking alcohol may make you live longer.

Drinking could help you live longer—that's the good news for happy-hour enthusiasts from a study presented last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. According to the study, people who live to 90 or older often drink moderately.

On the other, you might not remember who you are any more.

Heavy drinkers are putting themselves at risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by aim on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:11AM (3 children)

    by aim (6322) on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:11AM (#641716)

    Yeah, so a glass of red wine will help your blood system, this is old news.

    Drinking 1.5 liters of wine or beer per day will cause dementia, no surprise
    there either if you've ever seen the wreck of an alcoholic.

    There's a world of difference between the two. And if you're smart, you'll
    keep to the lower end - drink for the taste (if at all), not for passing out.

    The clerics were a bit high with their rule of *una minus*: one bottle of wine
    less than there are people:
    * If you're alone, you don't drink, because that's about drowning a sorrow or
    somesuch, and won't help.
    * If you're two, you can open a bottle.
    * If you're three, there's more fun all around, and a single bottle may be short,
    so you can open a second.
    * And so on.
    So the upper limit is 1 bottle per head... which in typical EU bottles is 0.75 liters.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @10:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @10:30AM (#641738)

    Drinking 1.5 liters of wine or beer per day will cause dementia, no surprise
    there either if you've ever seen the wreck of an alcoholic.

    Screw that. Can you say cannabis? Sure you can.

    I knew you could...dude.

    Now what was I going on about? Meh, never mind.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday February 22 2018, @11:20AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Thursday February 22 2018, @11:20AM (#641752) Journal

      Doritos!
      [Spanish for "cat juggling is fun, you should try it!"]

      --
      --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Provocateur on Thursday February 22 2018, @12:45PM

    by Provocateur (6855) on Thursday February 22 2018, @12:45PM (#641765)

    I was always observing the una minus without even being aware of it.

    At the airport, before boarding, I normally have a pint. Not for sorrow or loneliness, heavens other people maybe, not me. Since the bartender can't drink while he's on duty I finish the whole thing myself.

    But in other places e.g. foreign lands like Miami, I normally order dos cervezas, por favor for me and my date. But the truth is, no date shows up, so I have to drink both *shrug*