Women who drink moderately age in a healthy way

Women who consume alcohol in a moderate manner every night tend to grow older in health, says a study from the Harvard School of Public Health, and published in the scientific journal PLoS Medicine. The analysis also concluded that it is better to drink smaller amounts over the week than to focus on alcohol consumption on weekends.

The survey was attended by 14,000 women in their 50s. They had their habits analyzed by a group of doctors and teachers of the institution during a period of 10 years. The authors found that women who drink in moderation, that is, two glasses of beer or one glass of wine per day, are 28 percent more likely to achieve what American scientists have called "healthy aging," which means a good level General experts do not know, however, whether it is the alcohol that generates the benefit or whether other things happen simultaneously in the lives of these women that make them healthier. . They also state that other factors such as smoking and lack of exercise could affect the results.

Protects the heart

People who drink alcohol in moderate or low amounts, on average, are healthier than abstainers, according to a European study at the Hospital de la Pitié in France, which studied nearly 150,000 people.

Study participants were divided into four groups, based on how they described their daily habits:

- People who

- People with low alcohol consumption (10 grams or less)

- People with moderate alcohol consumption (10-30 grams)

- People with high alcohol consumption (more than 30 grams).

Ten grams is equivalent to a small glass of alcoholic beverage. The researchers found that those who drink low or moderate amounts, between men and women, had better health than the abstainers. According to the researchers, they were also in a better state of health than those who drank too much.

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