Breaking: Drinking Makes You Smarter
Put this in the "Didn't Need Confirmation" file. From Drcutler.com:
Researchers have found possible benefits to brain health and cognitive function in moderate and responsible drinking.
In explaining their work, the Loyola medical scientists asserted that they did not intend to promote heavy drinking, which did not have quantifiable benefits, or regular drinking among those who previously avoided alcohol. Study author Edward J. Neafsey, Ph.D claimed he and his colleagues focused solely on moderate drinking – two, at maximum, a day for men and one daily for women.
"We don't recommend that nondrinkers start drinking," he said. "But moderate drinking – if it is truly moderate – can be beneficial."
Results of the Chicago study, which were first published in the medical publication Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, established that moderate drinkers increased their chances of maintaining optimal brain health, memory and cognition by 23 percent. Findings consisted of data culled from 365,000 different participants in numerous previous studies from 1977 onward.
Two drinks a day is considered "moderate?" I guess it all depends on the size of the glass.
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Aug '10
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When I'm drunk, I know EVERYTHING!!!
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I believe in using a big glass, and my experience is that the more I drink, the smarter I think I am.
Apr '11
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Right, it hasn't been my observation that anyone actually drinks 'moderately' as defined in these studies. Which doesn't stop those who drink far more heavily from using these studies to support their habit.
Sep '10
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Of course does it. Hic. Ashk me annnnythingg. Hic. I know it all.
Hic
Bartender!
Jul '10
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It also makes the people around you look better, too.
Jun '10
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Work is the curse of the drinking class.
Mar '11
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It seems like that expensive wine didn't work for Mr Ryan.
Oct '10
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Rob Long:
Two drinks a day is considered "moderate?" I guess it all depends on the size of the glass. ·
Just what are you insinuating, Rob? I hope you mean to suggest that two drinks is on the light side of moderate.
I work 12 hour shifts and religiously conclude my workdays with two bottles of beer while I reading some Plato before bedtime--so I must say that this study rings true in my case.
However, I have found it's impossible to drink just two glasses of wine. Just try it some time. You can have one, or you can have three, but no one has just two.
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e x = 1 + x + x 2 /2 + x 3 /3! + x 4 /4! + x n /n! where n!=n*(n-1)*(n-2)*...*3*2*1.
Jul '10
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"Bartender!
"Four Drafts for My Friend, Obama.... on Me... and You... and Him... and Her...."
Edited on August 23, 2011 at 1:41amJun '10
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It does boggle the mind what they consider moderate drinking. I consider two drinks conservative -- almost southern baptist. Heck, two drinks are always described as the least you can have -- As in a "2-Drink Minimum." Indeed, i have two drinks just to warm up for the official first drink of the night. Then i have 4 or 5 last drinks. That seems pretty moderate to me.
Oct '10
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How are they establishing the direction of causation--i.e. do smart people drink moderately, or does moderate drinking make people smarter?
May '11
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Two 12 ounce drinks is certainly moderate. Of course, I drink bourbon....
Jul '10
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When I'm drunk, You don't know a dang thang.
May '10
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Rob, of course you knew this already. Cliff Clavin even had a name for it, the Buffalo Theory.
May '10
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The more beers Mr. Mclaurin drank, the more terms he could add to the series!
Oct '10
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How does Winston Churchill fit in here??
Nov '10
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Dave! Have you been smokin or drinkin? That's at the limit as n->oo. I know, 'cause I been drinkin. (...and you left out the elipses - I guess you forgot 'cause you surely been smokin).
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David, I'd like to explain it all to you, but since I'm sober again, I don't understand it either. Cheers.
Jun '11
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Why did God invent whiskey?
So the Irish would not take over the world.