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Fat Half a glass of wine a day gives about 5 years more of life According to a Dutch study. The analysis of the habits of about 1,400 middle-aged men followed for 40 years, revealed that drinking regularly a small amount of alcohol increases longevity. And the biggest gain in more than a year, it's just for those who prefer a half glass of wine a day: these people tend to live about four to five and a half years longer than teetotalers.
Not only that, according to Reuters Health fi no to those who consume two glasses of wine, two pints of beer or two measures of spirits a day tend to live about two years longer than non-drinkers. Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands analyzed 40 years of 1,374 men born between 1900 and 1920, examining the 2000 fi no habits at table, with alcohol and smoking and body mass index of each, also recorded the prevalence of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and cancer in the group.
Well, the study found that wine is linked to the double-fi with a lower risk of death from all causes. "People who already consume alcoholic beverages should do so in a light, allowing himself one or two drinks per day, and instead of wine," suggests Martinette Streppel, of the University nutritionist Netherlands.
The researchers found that consumption of no more than 20 grams of alcohol a day - a glass contains about 10 - carries a risk of death reduced by 36 percent compared with teetotalers. And reducing the danger increases for those who, among all possible drink, prefer wine. In general, those who drink half glass of wine a day had a 40 percent reduction in overall mortality and lower incidence of cardiovascular death by 48 percent. All this translates into a higher life expectancy for light drinkers.
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