Don’t Drink? Here’s a Reason to Start
March 8th, 2008
As Homer Simpson once said, “Beer. The cause of and solution to all life’s problems.”
Well, there may be more truth to that sage advice after all according to some new research by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. The study found that non-drinkers who begin taking the occasional drink live longer and are less likely to develop heart disease.
People who started drinking in middle age were 38 percent less likely to have a heart attack or other serious heart event than abstainers — even if they were overweight, had diabetes, high blood pressure or other heart risks, Dr. Dana King of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and colleagues found.
Don’t rush out and bong a six pack. The benefits are greater for wine drinkers and people who drink in moderation.
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