A new study on alcohol consumption and aging suggest a new mantra: A glass of wine a day keeps dementia away!
After analyzing nearly 14,000 responses to the Nurses├óΓé¼Γäó Health Study — one of the largest ongoing women├óΓé¼Γäós health studies in the U.S. — Harvard researchers found 58-year-old women who drink 1 alcoholic beverage a day had a 20% better chance of ├óΓé¼┼ôsuccessful aging├óΓé¼┬¥ compared to those who didn’t.
“Successful aging├óΓé¼┬¥ was defined as making it to the age of 70 with good cognitive function, no major chronic diseases, no physical limitations and good overall mental health.
Lead study author Dr. Qi Sun and researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, said:
├óΓé¼┼ôIf you just focus on one aspect of health, that├óΓé¼Γäós very misleading. What we are looking at is very comprehensive. For women who have one drink per day — equivalent to one can of beer, one shot of liquor or one glass of wine — that is associated with an increased chance of achieving successful aging, which means multiple aspects of health.├óΓé¼┬¥
Researchers found that the results were even more positive when women spread the amount of alcohol ingested throughout the week (one glass a day for 5 days), so don’t use this as an excuse for binge drinking yourself silly, ladies!
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