Thursday, April 30, 2009

In Vino Vita

Finally some good news, Forget the gym, I will have a glass of wine.

Eva von Schaper's piece brings sanity to a disordered world.

Half a glass of wine a day may add five years to your life, a new study suggests...

...Light alcohol intake was linked to lower cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and overall mortality in the study. Researchers had known that moderate drinking is tied to a lower risk of heart disease, possibly because of an increase in high density lipoprotein or so-called good cholesterol as well as a reduction in platelet clumping, making it more unlikely for clots to form. It is the first study to show that one kind of alcohol is superior to others in prolonging life, the researchers said.