According to a new study conducted by the Danish Alzheimer's Intervention Study, people who are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease (AD) may benefit from drinking moderate amount of alcohol on a daily basis, Immortal reports.
The findings were published online in the journal BMJ Open.
The researchers studied 321 people in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease and discovered that the death risk fell by 77 percent for those who drank a moderate amount of alcohol in comparison to those who only had one or less drinks a day.
The researchers noted that the results "point towards a potential, positive association of moderate alcohol consumption on mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease."
However, the researchers warned that the study's findings are by no means conclusive.
Based solely on the study, a spokesperson for the researchers also noted that they cannot "encourage or advise against moderate alcohol consumption" in AD patients.
The researchers noted that one possible reason why their research showed a lower mortality risk for moderate drinkers could be that that those consuming moderate amounts of alcohol could have richer social lives.
The study found that early stage AD patients who consumed 2 to 3 drinks a day were 71 percent more likely to find themselves after 3 years than those who reported to be occasional drinkers.
