The same thing surprised me when I found out whine/liquor/alcohol makes keeps you younger 0_o
but from where i read, it was said you should only drink a little bit. Too much can be dangerous (and I think we ALL know that as a fact...)

I know I've expressed this sentiment before in other places on this site, but I feel it merits repeating here, as well. So here we go!

It is not a wise idea to place very much credibility or trust in these 'studies' that are carried out on a regular basis on any subject a bored college grad or career scientist can possibly conceive. I know that it is fun to imagine how some of their finding might impact one's life, but in then end, it all turn out to be complete bunk half the time. The rest of the time, they are just confirming something which is common knowledge to most people. In the case of this study, I already knew being a little drunk helps you think outside the box. However, you need to consider the negative effects that alcohol will have on your body. These out-weight any small amount of mental stimulation being buzzed might provide. In the end, this 'study' is just a case of a group of college student trying to justify getting sloshed on the weekends. 'Oh, no, Professor! We weren't drinking until we couldn't stand straight! We were stimulating our brains so we could study better!'

That brings me to my reason for saying you can't trust these studies. As the adage goes, 'opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one.' This includes any given person that might like to perform a study on any given subject. No matter how unbiased someone might claim to be, they will always have a preferred outcome in mind at the outset of their study. And, as we all know, it is human nature that a person would want to be proven right. Ergo, there will always be that temptation to someone alter the outcome of the study. I'm not saying that every single person will give into the temptation, however the majority most definitely will. There is also the fact that anyone can find proof of anything, if they look hard enough and are willing to twist the meaning of something.

If you want further proof, all you have to do is look at the bevy of contradictory studies that claim the exact opposite of one another. There used to be studies that claimed smoking was healthy for you. Now, of course, all studies say that smoking is horrible for your health. There used to be studies that stated eggs and bread were good for you. Now eggs cause heart attacks and bread makes you fat. Hell, whether eggs are good or bad for you has changed numerous times over the last 50 years.

There is always a new 'study' with new 'findings' that claim they know the answer on how to improve one aspect of your life. In the end, all most of these people are trying to do is force their own opinions on you and using these 'studies' as a means to justify their end.