We have long touted the myriad of benefits associated with a stiff drink, and we're hardly alone in this matter. Nothing takes the edge off the inexorable tedium of crawling out of bed every day quite like a cocktail or three. Yet we're all familiar with the nay-sayers, the malcontents out there who invariably try to talk us out of that lunch-hour Georgia Iced Tea. Thanks to a groundbreaking new study, though, it looks like they'll be sidling up next to us for an early happy hour, if they want to live. From the BBC:
Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests ... The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.
Unfortunately the benefits inexplicably don't extend to the frailer sex, and of course the article goes on to warn that heavy drinking is still responsible for a number of health problems, or something to that effect. We can't care. The important thing to keep in mind is that we are now totally vindicated in our 1:1 ratio of weekends-to-bottles-of-Ketel-One. So gentleman, the next time you find yourself ordering a Johnny on the rocks, make it a double. Your heart will thank you.
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