Author: Dory Jackson / Source: Good News Network
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Moderate alcohol consumption may be vital in helping people live past the age of 90, new research suggests.
The average lifespan has steadily increased due to advancements in technology and medicine, among other facets of life. The newly published 90+ Study — which first launched in 2003 by researchers at the (UCI) — claimed that individuals who drank approximately two glasses of beer and wine daily were 18 percent less likely to be subjected to a premature death. People who exercised between 15 to 45 minutes a day reduced this risk by 11 percent, however.
Claudia Kawas, a UCI neurologist and study’s lead author, introduced her team’s findings Sunday at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Austin, Texas. In doing so, she said: “I have no explanation for it, but I do firmly believe that modest drinking improves longevity.”
The main objective of The 90+ Study was to determine what factors are attributed to longevity, which would…
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