Who Lives Longer alcoholic or non alcoholic?

There’s good news for alcohol drinkers – you’re likely to live longer than non-drinkers. A new study has revealed non-drinkers are more likely to die early than those who drink in moderation.

Do people who drink live longer than those who don t?

Harvard researchers studied 30 years of data on 120,000 men and women aged 30-55 to assess how lifestyle factors affect life expectancy. They found people who have a few alcoholic drinks a week live more years free of diabetes and heart disease than those who don’t drink or drink too much.

Do alcoholics have a shorter lifespan?

One study found that people drinking more than 25 drinks a week have a shorter life expectancy by four to five years. Another study in Scandinavia concluded that people hospitalized for an alcohol use disorder had a lifespan that was 24 to 28 years fewer than the general population.

Does alcohol prolong life?

A new study on the effects of alcohol consumption later in life suggests that moderate alcohol consumption can help us live longer. The Health and Retirement Study collected data from nearly 8,000 adults.

Do you live longer if you drink alcohol?

(2) In a study population of middle-aged and older men and women who were followed for 15 years, the researchers found that women and men who drank lightly (a half a drink per day for women, one and a half for men) lived longer than nondrinkers: up to 17 months longer for women and up to 15 months longer for men.

Are drinkers happier than non drinkers?

Moderate drinkers scored best at an average score of 0.89, while former drinkers ranked last at 0.74. Nondrinkers ranked at 0.78 and heavy drinkers at 0.86. “Moderate alcohol consumption did not have a measurable deleterious effect over time,” the study states.

Does alcohol increase life expectancy?

Wine intake was positively associated with longevity (notably in women), whereas liquor was positively associated with longevity in men and inversely in women. Binge drinking pointed towards an inverse relationship with longevity.

Are non drinkers healthier?

And it analyzed the overall health impact related to alcohol consumption, including death and disability due to automobile accidents, infectious diseases, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. It concluded that the best option for overall health was no drinking at all.

Why do drinkers live longer than non drinkers?

Moderate drinkers live longer in general than either abstainers or alcohol abusers. That is, moderate alcohol consumption increases longevity or length of life. It does this largely by improving health and reducing the risk of major causes of death. That alone has a major impact on lengthening life.