Moderate to Heavy Drinking = More Active Lifestyle
I’ve been Vindicated! Now there’s proof!
A new Government study shows that people who drink regularly seem to exercise more often than teetotalers.
What a great use of Obama stimulus money. See….all those billions weren’t wasted on useless studies.
Government data found the amount of time people devoted to exercise increased with the number of alcoholic drinks they enjoyed each month.
Both moderate and heavy drinkers were also more likely to report vigorous exercise, like jogging, than either light drinkers or abstainers, the researchers report in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
The study does not advocate that non-drinkers start getting all boozed up as a method to get motivated for exercise.
The study doesn’t explain why drinkers exercise more, but it’s worth more study say’s the lead researcher Dr. Michael T. French (in need of additional grant funding I’m guessing).
Relatively heavy drinking might be part of a "sensation-seeking" lifestyle for some people, French and his colleagues speculate.
They also figure us active people are more adventure seeking
. Booze it up and then go in search of that Runners High.
They point out that too much might not be a good thing, but I guess we heavy drinkers already know the ill effects of a bit too much!
Here’s a link to the full story on MSNBC
Study: Regular Drinkers get more exercise
