Time to step up your alcohol consumption

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

Study: 1 or 2 Alcoholic Drinks a Day Boosts Longevity Among Some Men After Heart Attack
By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 27, 2012 -- After a heart attack, men who continue to drink one or two alcoholic beverages a day may live longer than heavy drinkers or non-drinkers.

Those findings appear in the European Heart Journal.

“For many men after experiencing a heart attack, major diet and lifestyle changes are recommended by their physicians, [but] our study indicates that for men already consuming moderate amounts of alcohol, continuing to consume moderate amounts may be beneficial for long-term survival after a heart attack,” researcher Jennifer K. Pai, ScD, tells WebMD in an email. She is an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Moderate amounts of alcohol may boost levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol. It may also make blood less likely to clot and reduce levels of inflammation in the body, Pai says.

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/...art-attack

[NickDrista]

Done. Haha

[wtfdic]

Yea because I need more reasons to drink.

[SenorSmoke]

It says 1 or 2 drinks.
For most of you that means cutting back!

[ashman]

It says 1 or 2 drinks.
For most of you that means cutting back!

Yup

[Jimmie the Mum]

Way back.

[Parkster]

1 or 2?

Thats what we do after we brush our teeth ..... WTF!!!!!!

1 x Balvenie to clear the tubes and 1 x RZ to sooth the throat ....... am I right or am I right?

Everything else in between is what I like to refer to as "5 O'Clock Somewhere's".

Then again ...... it does'nt really state what size the 2 are required to be. (lets be honest here, it would be 2, so lets stop messing around with the "1 or", in fact, I'm officially dropping it as an option)


Sheesh ...... this thread had me all worried there ...... you guys need to move to Scotland, if you have a heart attack or a triple bypass operation here, its mandetory to drink 2 glasses of wine or whisky per day to "aid the blood flow".

[Jimmie the Mum]

Parkster, someone told me to always have a wee bit of rum before bedtime and when you wake up.

[BDM53]

Yea because I need more reasons to drink.

Kind of what I was thinking, Now I have a medical excuse.