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Study: Drinking Alcohol Every Day Can Shorten Life. The source for this photo, GlobalVoicesOnline.org, says that in Japan, drinking can be a social obligation. Hereâs another study that addresses, not just amount of alcohol consumed, but frequency â¦ how many days a week one drinks at all. Itâs much bigger than the one I just posted. It analyzed data from 88,746 men and women from Japan and found the same thing, that drinking alcohol every day can shorten life: Patterns Of Alcohol Drinking And All-Cause Mortality: Results From A Large-Scale Population-Based Cohort Study In Japan, American Journal of Epidemiology, May 2007.
A glass of red wine is said to be good for the hearts of middle-aged people. But there are no documented health benefits from alcohol in the elderly. Many people in their 50s to 70s now drink a half bottle of wine several times a week. The biggest jump in alcohol consumption has been among women.