MODERATE DRINKING IN MIDDLE AGE LOWERS RISK OF HEART DISEASE

Good news for drinkers as recent research shows that moderate drinkers are less likely to develop heart disease and live longer.  The study found people who started drinking in middle-age saw an immediate benefit of lower cardiac disease morbidity with no change in mortality after four years.

 

It also identified a subset of new drinkers who consumed only wine.  When compared to drinkers of other type of alcohol, and heavy drinkers, the wine-only drinkers had the most significant reduction in serious heart events.  Drinkers of other types of alcohol also had an advantage over non-drinkers, but the difference did not reach statistical significance.

 

Moderate drinkers had a 38 per cent lower chance of developing heart disease than did their non-drinking counterparts, even if they were overweight, had diabetes or high blood pressure.

 

smoking:

 

Smoking does not make you happy and is associated with poor quality of life.Smokers experienced lower average levels of pleasure and life satisfaction compared with non-smokers.  The difference was even more pronounced in smokers from lower socio-economic groups.

 

People may feel like they are getting pleasure when they smoke a cigarette but in fact smokers are likely to be less happy overall, the pleasure they feel from having a smoke comes only because they're addicted. Anyone thinking of giving up smoking should understand that quitting will be better for them in terms of their well-being as well as their phsical health in the long run.

 

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