I enjoy a glass of wine, a cocktail or a beer on the deck with Aloma in the evening before supper. While I’m not rigid about my diet, I do like to eat and drink things that are mostly good for me. But I’m confused about daily alcohol consumption.
During the last few months, I’ve read:
- Men who consume two to three drinks a day tend to live longer and have few problems with dementia.
- Red wine is beneficial. White wine and other alcoholic drinks are not helpful.
- Any type of alcohol is beneficial.
- Even small amounts of alcohol (more than one drink three times a week) shrinks the brain.
- Heavy drinkers (3 to 5 drinks a day) tend to live to 85 years old with fewer physical problems and dementia than other people.
Now I understand the conclusions are based on data mining, not double blind studies, but they sure are ambiguous.
So what is one to do? I’m going to think about this problem this evening with a glass of white wine in my hand.
Seasoned Man
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