Is Alcohol the Secret to Longevity in Blue Zones?

In this video, Rhonda details:

• The percentage of deaths in adults ages 20-39 attributed to alcohol
• The number of drinks per day where men and women start seeing an increase in mortality risk
• How consuming 8, 15, and 26 drinks per week affects life expectancy
• Why you should aim to keep alcohol consumption under 4-5 drinks per week if your goal is increasing life expectancy
• If alcohol actually contributes to longevity in Blue Zones
• Why consuming 1 glass of wine daily (often done in Blue Zones) differs from drinking 7 glasses in one day
• Why the fact that many Blue Zone centenarians are former smokers matters when it comes to longevity

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[joelp]

I've always hypothesized that people who drink moderately know how to manage stress better than teetotalers and longevity has nothing to do with the alcohol itself.

[Francois-vwby]

Great video. Putting references in the slides or at least in the description wouild however make them even better, allowing people to dig deaper in the studies if they wish.

[CassiaChloe]

Isn't it pretty obvious that all these blue zones are islands. Therefore more sea food and fresh sea air? Also therapeutic effects of sea on stress.

[whatthefunction]

I dont drink but i wounder if the stress relief of low alcoholic use could help some?

[bloodhoundgang]

Yeh she's really the only one I listen to now, ditched the intermittent fasting and pro sauna/ cold dip that's right up my alley 👍

[Hygge-lover]

My great grandma Maritsa and my great grandpa Joseph both lived to 98 and 99 years of age. Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, mainly beer, sometimes brandy, but never red wine. They were absolutely fit, working in the garden every day. I guess because alcohol reduces stress, which is the worst enemy of health and well being. They were relaxed, happy people, not living in any blue zone.

[kimcarroll]

Thank you! I used to have a glass of red wine with dinner nightly. I’m now abstaining because it’s bringing side effects working out the next morning. I’d rather get my workout in since that’s the source of my energy for the day. Have to say, I don’t miss it one bit. Drinking electrolytes tastes way better so I’m not just drinking plain water all the time. 😊

[corneliusthecrowtamer]

Does a little bit of alcohol with a nutritious meal help extract nutrients and make them more bioavailable ?

[dwaynemcallister]

I have wondered about this question, my father had been a drinker until he was in his 60's, he outlived by at least 5 year's his mother and father who never drank as well he outlived by at least 7 years his siblings who never drank at all. The alcohol didn't seem to hurt my Dad, actually the rest of the family who abstained didn't make it so far, Dad also smoked from age 35 until age 60.

[salleone]

If the Ikarians drink wine with their meal, their livers stop producing glucose, their blood glucose drops and it reduces insulin needs, could that be a possible benefit?

[garypowell]

What is the evidence regarding low to moderate wine consumption specifically on cardiovascular health?

[davidbidwell]

Not sure how you got to 1-2 drinks per week when your slide on life expectancy and healthspan indicate otherwise? The life expectancy for 100-200 gms (7-14 glasses wine) is less than 1 year of life expectancy. While healthspan is "nonsignificant" up to 10 drinks/ week. Seems to me the threshold would be, again, 1-2 drinks per day and not 1-2 per week. What am I missing?

[peterdroubay]

hope you have read Tony Edwards book 'the very good news about wine'; I found the large amount of beneficial data very convincing

[thezenlife]

Maybe the reason women have more risk with 2 drinks compared to men with 3 is because overall women weigh less than men so that would make 2 drink for a woman the same as 3 drinks for a man.

[Thomasgrey-ry]

I have relatives who are brothers. One ran a minimum of 5miles per day since he was 13 and be eats healthy but drinks alot…72 now and still runs half marathons. The other abstained from alcohol and ate like crap and never exercised. He died a a while ago at 62……the devil is not just in the dosage but the entirety of context. If you eat like shit and never exercise god luck being as healthy as active people who eat well that drink regularly

[mtkeg]

Now look at seed oils, sugar, and gluten.

[neilb]

I’m not sure if the stats apply if you’re Irish

[davesage]

Why are people drinking 1-3 drinks ever? What’s the point? The crappy taste without the buzz? There is no justification. People will certainly try but it taste like shit, it does’t relax you, or make you funny. You feel it the next day even if it is just a few. Only reason you’re doing it is cause you’re addicted or a lemming. The truth no drinker will ever cop to. Just like me. The drinking me would have argued with the “idiot” making this post but the sober me finally realized I was the idiot all along.

[PeakSupreme]

My question is why does something that contains aluminum not associated with Alzhiemer's risk when aluminum production has been shown to do it. If I Google trend and look at the charts, the disease searches do not show any correlation which for me is weird. Some scientists have argued that this is the case. I think the reason is premature death through other issues.