Originally Posted by
McBTC
Not so... e.g.,
My reference to your statement of "the latest research," being 11 years old, followed your post (#147) of this thread, which read:
Originally Posted by McBTC;
The latest research concludes that either heavy alcohol consumption or abstinence can cause dementia (look out around age, 76). If neither is better, one approach is... moderation--e.g., two drinks a day keeps the doctor away?
Loyola University Health System. "Moderate Drinking Can Reduce Risks Of Alzheimer's Dementia And Cognitive Decline, Analysis Suggests." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 31 December 2008. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229200750.htm>.
Further, your reference to more recent research (
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2719576 ) ignores one of the major conclusions stated in the linked article, i.e., that drinking more than 7 drinks per week over a long term is associated with the onset of alcohol induced cardiomyopathy.
A close reading of the linked article indicates the authors' lack of certainty in the survival rates of drinkers drinking more than 10 drinks a week as they showed the longest survival. The authors noted that the limited number of study subjects may not have produced accurate results in terms of drawing strict conclusions. They write: "Our study had several limitations. We used a single measure of alcohol consumption after the diagnosis of HF and could not adjust for the association between subsequent changes in alcohol consumption levels and survival. We did not have information about the cause of HF or about left ventricular ejection fraction and cannot comment whether the associations of alcohol consumption and survival differed among patients with reduced vs preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Given the limitations of our sample size, we did not perform subgroup analyses by age or sex. In addition, the group of patients who consumed more than 7 drinks per week after the diagnosis of HF consisted of only 17 individuals, limiting any conclusions that can be drawn about higher levels of alcohol consumption. Despite attempts to control for important covariates, we cannot exclude the possibility of residual confounding between alcohol use and other favorable prognostic factors influencing its observed association with improved survival."
So, who needs to get heart failure so having a drink a day may extend your life a few more years?
Drink lightly and ride your bike regularly instead.
