Moderate drinking — is it a curse or a cure? Tippling’s reputation for helping or harming our health flips so frequently that it’s enough to make anyone’s head spin.
One week, positive research has careful drinkers crying ‘Cheers’. The next, scientists report an alcohol peril that has the abstainers saying ‘Told you so’.
In the latest twist, a major new U.S. study of midlifers says drinking in moderation may be beneficial for our brains, helping to protect against dementia in old age.