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New study says women wine drinkers less likely to gain weight
Yes, you read that right.
For middle-age and older women specifically, “compared with nondrinkers, initially normal-weight women who consumed a light to moderate amount of alcohol gained less weight and had a lower risk of becoming overweight and/or obese during 12.9 years of follow-up.” That’s the conclusion of this new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine entitled “Alcohol Consumption, Weight Gain, and Risk of Becoming Overweight in Middle-aged and Older Women” conducted by researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Some news coverage of the study, including this piece in TheWeek.com entitled “Wine: The new weight-loss miracle?” and this CBS News report entitled “Wine and Your Weight” have focused more specifically on wine’s benefits, which may outweigh those of other forms of alcohol in this weight-gain study.
It should be noted, of course, that moderation is key in any research that examines wine and health, and that the research doesn’t suggest that drinking wine or any other form of alcohol can help a person lose weight. Lord, please spare us the “wine as miracle diet drug” headlines.
But still, interesting stuff, don’t you think?
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By Maggret
March 12, 2010 12:22 PM | Link to this
Great! It’s good for your heart and now you can loose weight if your a wine drinker. What will they think of next!
By Gwapes
March 11, 2010 9:57 AM | Link to this
This is very interesting. When I get some free time, I plan to read the links you’ve posted to the study! Thank you! :]