In a study published in the Journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, scientists have found out that moderate drinking is actually beneficial for health.

Although the scientists did not share any reasons behind their findings, they revealed that the mortality rates in people who abstain from consuming any alcoholic drinks at all is higher than those people who consume alcohol on a moderate scale. In addition, moderate drinking showed to increase the life expectancy in senior adults.

The research also revealed that adults who are in the habit of consuming one to three drinks a day, of any kind of alcoholic beverages, are more likely to live longer (by 49%) than those who never consume alcohol.

The study depended on tracing the life conditions of the participants. The average age of the 1,824 participants in this study ranged between 55 and 65, among which 63% were males. After 20 years of continuous check-ups, 69% of the participants who never had a drink before died during these 20 years, whereas only 41% of the moderate drinkers died during the same period.

The study was conducted by Charles Holahan, a Professor in Psychology at the University of Texas.

Professor Holahan stated, “Importantly, any health-protective effects of alcohol appear to be limited to regular moderate drinking”.