Research reveals what REALLY happens to the body when you have a glass of wine or beer every day READ MORE: Scientists reveal what happens to the brain while sexting By Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:03, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 17:03, 25 July 2024 e-mail View comments One glass of wine or bottle of beer a day used to be regarded as a sweet spot for health. For years, studies suggested it just enough to get the anti-stress benefits and not enough to cause hangovers or the other health risks associated with booze.
But a new report says these papers were based on 'flawed' scientific research and that the new consensus is no amount of alcohol is safe. It concludes that consuming one drink per day slashes two and half months off a person's life. Consuming one drink per day slashes two and half months off a person's life (stock) Lead researcher Dr Tim Stockwell, a scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, says that studies linking moderate drinking to health benefits suffer from 'fundamental' design flaws.
He points out that those studies have generally focused on older adults and failed to account for people's lifetime drinking habits. Moderate drinkers were compared with 'abstainer' and 'occasional drinker' groups that included some older adults who had quit or cut down on drinking because they'd developed any number of health conditions. Read More What REALLY happens to your body if you ditch alcohol for a mo.