GHBWNY
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DISCLAIMER: the following post is intended to inform only and is not in any manner of speaking intended to be an encouragement to drink a lot of beer should you not already be doing so.
An article by John Cloud in the August 31, 2010 issue of TIME magazine states that moderate (1-3 beers per day) beer drinkers outlive non-beer drinkers.
"...a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that for reasons that aren't entirely clear abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
The sample of those who were studied included individuals between ages 55 and 65 who had had any kind of outpatient care in the previous three years. The 1,824 participants were followed for 20 years. Just over 69% of the abstainers died during the 20 years, 60% of the heavy drinkers died and only 41% of moderate drinkers died."
Conclusion: a homebrewer does live longer, but only in proportion to the amount of one's own product consumed.
An article by John Cloud in the August 31, 2010 issue of TIME magazine states that moderate (1-3 beers per day) beer drinkers outlive non-beer drinkers.
"...a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that for reasons that aren't entirely clear abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
The sample of those who were studied included individuals between ages 55 and 65 who had had any kind of outpatient care in the previous three years. The 1,824 participants were followed for 20 years. Just over 69% of the abstainers died during the 20 years, 60% of the heavy drinkers died and only 41% of moderate drinkers died."
Conclusion: a homebrewer does live longer, but only in proportion to the amount of one's own product consumed.
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