To my knowledge the graph of "health benefits" versus alcohol is highest for people who drink the most, of course, but also has a noteworthy increase for people

To my knowledge the graph of "health benefits" versus alcohol is highest for people who drink the most, of course, but also has a noteworthy increase for people who drink zero. During a discussion with some sedentary behaviour researchers we speculated the lower end of the graph is less so do with the alcohol itself but rather the personalities associated with the different consumptions levels: - Zero alcohol group; likely to contain above-average numbers of people who are strict on themselves, and thus more likely to be stressed often - Medium alcohol group; likely to contain above-average numbers of people who enjoy relaxing - High alcohol group; a high alcohol intake is bad for your health and is likely to include above-average numbers of people with a poor quality of life I know of no medical evidence to specifically back up that idea, but there is a lot of evidence to suggest that worrying less about things can yield improvements in health. So in conclusion whilst the "eat and drink" bit of "eat, drink and be merry" might be debatable, the "be merry" bit is definitely good advice. HAPPY NEW YEAR HACKER NEWS!!! :)