Welcome to the weekend. It’s possible you enjoyed a glass of red wine with dinner last night. After all, that is by most research accounts a healthy habit. So, good for you in more ways than one.
Of course, whenever a red wine study is published and, inevitably, covered widely in the media, there is an important proviso: Don’t begin drinking alcohol for the health benefit. What worries researchers is not that a glass or two of wine will be anything but a plus; in fact, there is solid evidence that so-called teetotalers don’t live as long, on average, as moderate drinkers. The problem is when that one glass becomes three, four, five.
Alcohol researchers have duly covered both ends of the age spectrum. Studies show a growing number of seniors (65 and over) are starting “happy hours” early in the afternoon and embarking on a unhealthy mix of cocktails and depression symptoms. Other studies have reported on the disturbing rate of binge drinking among college students; university substance abuse counselors are on the front lines and say it’s never been this widespread.
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