Sunday, November 10, 2019

According to a Study Coffee and Alcohol Help People Live Beyond 90. A Real Story.

My father lived to be 90. He was a man who really didn't care much for healthy eating. He'd spent over 26 years in the military and served during two major wars. To him, he was lucky to be alive with some of the things he experienced during his military career. This was a man who ate what he wanted to eat and drank as much as he felt like drinking. Doctors who told him to eat healthy were treated like children who said something cute. Now there is a study that shows my father's habits may have helped extend his life. Drinking alcohol and coffee were two of his favorite past times, and according to this study, they may have extended his life. If a study comes out that says eating fried foods and playing golf is good for your health, I'll start believing my father was a true pioneer in the world of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Below are excerpts from the story with my valuable insights in italics.

The study has found, among other things, that people "who drank moderate amounts of alcohol or coffee lived longer than those who abstained," and that "people who were overweight in their 70s lived longer than normal or underweight people did."
“I have no explanation for it, but I do firmly believe that modest drinking improves longevity,” Dr. Claudia Kawas, a key researcher for the study, recently said at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Austin.


It only gets better. Now people who are overweight live longer than someone who is normal or underweight? If you ever needed a reason to stop forcing yourself to have all that healthy stuff now you have one. We need to start drinking alcohol and coffee and not worry about it. Forget that dieting stuff, it's overweight people who are going to be burying all their skinny friends. They may not have the physical ability to bury their friends because they are overweight, but they'll still be alive. Maybe with diabetes, heart disease and COPD, but they'll be alive and the skinny people will be the ones on their way to meet their maker. Skinny people who wished they had eaten more fatty foods, drank more alcohol and coffee. Lifestyle choices do matter.


The research found that subjects who drank two glasses of beer or wine every day decreased their chances at a premature death by 18%, and those who drank two cups of coffee a day decreased their chances by 10%.

If you can decrease your chances of premature death by drinking wine or beer, I can only imagine what drinking whiskey, vodka, rum or even tequila will do for you for your quest of longevity. With the right combination of this stuff, you may live to be well over a hundred. There is no indication of what type of coffee to drink daily to help with your health. I don't believe things like frappé, latte, mocha imitation coffee drinks do much for you. I bet pure black coffee is the way to go, and it will be one of the reasons I live to be 150. I wonder if Irish coffee can now be considered an all-natural health elixir?


But don't go planning your happy hours just yet - you should still exercise! This same research found regular exercise - as well as keeping busy with a regular hobby - is also key to living a longer life.

Are they trying to tell me the obese people who lived longer than the skinny people were regular participants of exercise? These must be individuals who exercised and then daily dine at fast food restaurants and only ate the super-sized value meals. I agree it's important to have a hobby. I do wonder if drinking alcohol and coffee could be considered is your hobby?


So there you have it. Drinking coffee and alcohol daily as well as exercising but being obese and having a hobby are the keys to living past the age of 90. I hope there is a study that also shows the positive health effects of eating ice cream as well as potato chips with dip. Maybe I should hope for a study that says eating lots of hot sauce and cheese on everything will also help you live for a long time. If such studies come along, I'm ready to experience a very long life.

Below is a link to the story.



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