It’s official: drinking’s good for you – in moderation, of course
ing of alcohol research. We hope this study will go some way towards helping people make informed choices about how they consume alcohol in the future.”
These findings follow a report in January this year that moderate and low alcohol consumption could improve people’s personal and mental wellbeing.
Researchers at the University of Oxford combined data from three separate studies, including a national survey by Camra, and demonstrated that people who visit their pub frequently tended to be more “socially engaged and contented” with their local community than those who did not.
At a time when most studies on alcohol focus on the health and anti-social behavioural problems caused by over-consumption, this study explained: “Alcohol is known to trigger the endorphin system, and the social consump- tion of alcohol may thus have the same effect as the many other social activities such as laughter, singing and dancing.” Festival news
The 13th Waterloo Beer Festival will run from April 27-30 at Old Christ Church, Waterloo Road, Waterloo, L22 1RE.
Tickets online at: tiny.cc/ m4rgky.
Camra’s Bolton Beer Festival takes place from April 27-29 at the Bolton Ukrainian Club, 99 Castle Street, Bolton, BL2 1PL.
More details: www.boltonbeerfestival.org.uk.
The Southport and West Lancs Camra website is at: www.southport.camra.org.uk.
For previous Camra pub reviews in this paper, please go to: tinyurl.com/vis-pubs