Light drinkers live longer, study suggests

All you alcohol lovers, this might come as bad news to you. A study has now found that light drinkers consuming an average of less than one drink per day across their lifetime are at the lowest risk of mortality and developing cancers. In fact, light to moderate drinking has in the past been linked to developing cancers. The study was conducted by Queen’s University Belfast, during which 9,559 deaths and 12,763 primary cancers occurred among the participants.

“This study provides further insight into the complex relationship between alcohol consumption, cancer incidence, and disease mortality and may help inform public health guidelines," the researchers stated. The study was conducted on all kinds of participants; lifetime light alcohol drinkers (1-3 drinks per week), lifetime never or infrequent drinkers (<1 drink/week), as well as heavy (2-<3drinks/day) and very heavy drinkers (3+ drinks/day). The researchers also warned that the study was limited to older adults and so drinking less should not be attributed to being beneficial either. Stay tuned for more updates.