While filming “The African Queen” (1950) in the Congo, everybody on the crew, including Katherine Hepburn, became extremely ill with dysentery from drinking the water. Everybody that is, except Humphrey Bogart, who only drank Whiskey.

Moderate drinkers tend to have better health and live longer than those who are either abstainers or heavy drinkers. They are generally less likely to suffer heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, arthritis, enlarged prostate, dementia (including Alzheimer's disease), and several major cancers.

Beer has natural antioxidants and vitamins that can help prevent heart disease and rebuild muscle. It also helps reverse cellular damage, lower cholesterol, fight cancer, and kill viruses. And, beer provides better hydration than water alone.

Asked to explain his longevity, Winston Churchill said, “Smoke good cigars and drink fine brandy.” He considered these rites, not vices.

According to the most comprehensive review to date of research into alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease. Moderate drinking is associated with repeatedly proven cardiovascular benefits, based on an analysis of 84 studies over the past 60 years.

In a recent study of 8,000 people, Texas Tech University researchers determined that those who enjoyed a daily drink were 54% less likely to have a weight problem than teetotalers. Between one and two drinks a day results in a 41% risk reduction.

“Beer specifically has been associated with additional health outcomes, including lowering the risk of kidney stones in men compared to other alcoholic beverages, possibly due to its high water content and diuretic effect,” Giancoli said. “Compounds in hops may also slow the release of calcium from bone that is implicated in kidney stones. Additionally, beer drinkers seem to have a more protective effect towards greater bone mineral density due to the high content of silicone in beer.”

To reach the death risk experienced by alcohol abstainers, a man would have to consume 63 units per week. That’s equivalent to drinking about a bottle of wine or five shots of whiskey each day.

Two or three alcoholic drinks a day may prevent people, from having heart attacks or strokes after going through heart-bypass surgery, Italian researchers said.

The current research found that when women consumed between one-half to one drink a day, their risk of sudden cardiac death dropped by 36 percent.

This kind of tool can only estimate how long we’ll live. However, this calculator seems pretty cool. It takes into account some of the more recent research that tells us genetics and heritage play a bigger role than lifestyle on how old you’ll live.

The human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.