Drinking a little alcohol may help women stay thin.A study finds that non-drinkers tended to gain more weight, although the reasons are not yet clear.
A recent survey found that women who drank one to two drinks a day were less likely to gain weight, in fact they were 30 percent less likely than teetotalers.
“The results of our study show that women in midlife and older who had a normal body weight at the beginning and who consumed moderate amounts of alcohol and light could maintain their drinking habit without adding more weight, compared with women Similar who did not drink any alcohol, “said study author Dr. Lu Wang, an epidemiologist at the division of preventive medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. (more…)
