Drinking half a glass of wine a day can increase life expectancy by 5 years

Drinking half a glass of wine a day will increase your life for another five years, especially for men, according to a study in the Journal of Health Community.

The Dutch authors made the above conclusion after conducting the survey with a total of 1,373 men randomly selected in terms of health and life expectancy of about 50 years from 1960 to 2000.

Based on this, scientists track these men to see how much alcohol they drink every day, what kind of alcohol they drink, and in what time to assess whether alcohol affects their death. cardiovascular disease or any other cause.

The researchers also followed the weight and diet to see if the participants were smoking and checking their current status.

During the 40 years of research, 1,130 people died. More than half of them die from cardiovascular disease. The proportion of men who drank alcohol doubled from 45% in 1960 to 86% in 2000, along with the rate of alcohol drinkers soaring from 2% to 44% during that time.

Researchers found that men who drank less than half a glass of wine a day would live for about 2.5 years longer than those who drank only beer, and sometimes lived five years longer than those who didn't drink any alcohol both.(Implementation: iStockphoto / Alex Bramwell)

Researchers found that drinking alcohol for a long time from 20g per day would extend the life by 2 years more than those who did not drink anything .

Drinking alcohol means reducing the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and other diseases. These research findings are true, despite the notions of economic science, diet and daily living habits, while the above-mentioned factors are thought to affect the relationship between Alcohol and work make health better.