Dr Pete's Health Secrets

          Let's start with the recommended weekly healthy safe limits of alcohol intake,  14 units for women 21 units for men A unit is equivalent to a standard glass of wine, i recommend dry red. We all have been warned about how alcohol negatively affects our minds and bodies.  It can lead to early deaths due to liver, pancreas and heart disease and even accidents. Early onset dimentia is another side effect of alcohol consumption.  A study says that alcoholic drinkers live longer than those who don’t, so abstaining from the beverage can actually cut your life short. How is this so? According to the study led by Charles Holahan, a psychologist from the University of Texas in Austin, whose research was published in the Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research journal, 69% of abstainers died after 20 years,  despite their lifestyle. The study, which lasted for 20 years, surveyed almost 2000 people who were 55 to 65 y...