Just read this from msn website today

“Modest alcohol consumption 'reduces obesity'
Modest drinking can potentially reduce obesity levels, according to a study by US researchers. The scientists analysed the results of 8,236 non-smoker respondents in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III and found that those who drank small amounts of alcohol regularly were less likely to be obese than those that did not drink at all.

The study by US scientists Ahmed Arif, from Texas tech university health sciences centre in Lubbock, and James Rohrer, from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, is published in the journal BMC Public Health. It shows that consuming no more than a drink or two a few times a week reduces the risk of being obese. However, the research also suggests that consuming four or more drinks a day increases the risk of being obese by 46 per cent, compared with non-drinkers. According to the study, current drinkers had 0.73 lower chances of being obese than non-drinkers. "

"The authors concluded that "the data gave no evidence to advise non-drinkers to start drinking alcohol just for reducing body weight". However, they also noted: "The evidence reported here argues against a strategy of promoting complete abstention at least among those who regularly consume alcohol."

--- Back to me now. Ok well that’s all good and well, but couldn’t this all just be a coincidence? And! Who has 4 or more drinks of alcohol a day?? I’d say an alcoholic, I disagree that drinking every day is healthy. I suppose they are talking about “Social Drinkers” not the ones that go to nightclubs, get hammered, act wankers and cause trouble.