Getting Into the Spirits: Strange Facts About Drinking

GETTING INTO THE SPIRITS When and why drinking help your longavity. and when it might without you knowing it. can kill you No matter how you look at it, moderate drinkers win. They feel healthier than binge drinkers and non-drinkers, and live longer than both too. Drinking Level But why? One reason might be that drinkers tend to exercise more. Heavy drinkers exercise 37% more than non-drinkers, and moderate drinkers exercise 21% more than abstainers. 70 min Non-drinkers /wk min 78 Light Drinkers /wk min 85 Moderate Drinkers /wk 96 nk min Heavy Drinkers The Social Advantage Drinking is often a social activity, so that might also explain why drinkers live longer. Having a healthy social life helps your longevity more than almost anything. Decreased Risk of Death 54% 42% 23% 21% Not smoking Being social Keeping active Staying trim Your grandpa drinks more often than do. you According to CDC data on 351k respondents, 81 year olds reported drinking twice as often as 21 year olds. 12 times a times a month month And grandpa drinks smarter, too. When Jimmy maxes out, Grandpa doesn't really he'll average about 5 drinks. binge; he maxes out at 2. Florida is drunker than your state Grandpa's at it again! Florida-the oldest state-is always at the top when it comes to drinking stats, along with Alaska and Hawaii. Punk Crunk So whats the healthiest way to drink? т If you want to live longer, you should drink like grandpa in Florida: regularly, but not that much. your Also, drink with friends and remember to exercise. THIRSTY FOR MORE? Check out 1ooProof.me to get your own drinking analyzed, as well as see realtime data about the drinking at SXSW. LEARN MORE at 100PROOF.ME Sources: French, M. et al. “Do Alcohol Consumers Exercise More? Findings from a National Survey" Am J Health Promot. 2009 ; 24(1): 2–10. Hogg, C and Rosales, R. 100Plus internal analysis of CDC Data. Holahan, C. J., Schutte, K. K., Brennan, P. L., Holahan, C. K., Moos, B. S. and Moos, R. H. (2010), Late-Life Alcohol Consumption and 20-Year Mortality. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34: 1961-1971 Holt-Lunstad J, Smith TB, Layton JB (2010) Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review. PLOS Med 7(7): el1000316. doi:10.1371/ journal.pmed.1000316 Paul, L et al. “Associations between binge and heavy drinking and health behaviors in a nationally representative sample" Addictive Behaviors 36 (2011) 1240-1245 Tsai, J, et al. “Binge Drinking and Suboptimal Self-Rated Health Among Adult Drinkers" Alcohol Clin Exp Res, Vol 34, No 8, 2010: pp 1465-147 Brought to you by 100PIlus | Design by Chris York Health and Longevity None 1-3 per week 4-6 per week 6-10 per week Schmammered