I was just joking earlier this morning about following your trans fat laden processed foods with an aspirin chaser. However, it turns out that a
moderate amount of alcohol might not be such a bad idea, at least not with regards to stroke risk in women in a study published early online prior to print next month. Specifically, the authors followed 83,578 women in the Nurses' Health Study from 1980 to 2006 and assessed self-reported alcohol consumption every 4 years. Everything else being equal after taking care of confounders, those who consumed <5g/d had a 17% lower risk of stroke compared to abstainers. 21% lower risk was found in those who drank 5-14.9g/d but any more than that did not improve your odds, consistent with my Goldilocks theory of health & medicine.
This being the end of the traditional work week, I'm sure you're looking forward to applying this bit of observational data to your own life. So bear in mind that the authors assumed that beer contains 13g, wine 11g, and hard liquor 14g of alcohol per serving. In other words, ladies, all you need is one drink a day. And no, averaging 7 drinks consumed tonight over the past 7 teetotaling days doesn't count.
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