A Half Glass of Wine Is Better than Filling It to the Brim
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Purestock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you’re one of those glass half full kind of people, you might also be someone who doesn’t drink excessively.
Although the glass being half full typically pertains to optimism, in this case, it’s a way to avoid overconsumption of wine, according to Iowa State researcher Laura Smarandescu, who conducted a study with Cornell University’s Brian Wansink.
After considering a variety of factors involving how much wine is poured, the so-called “rule of thumb” of pouring just a half glass of wine was done irrespective of body mass index or gender.
Men who did not follow the “rule of thumb” with higher BMIs generally poured more than women, which coincides with other studies that men traditionally pour more alcohol than women to begin with.
The bottom line, says Smarandescu, is that all adults use “a rule of thumb with pouring because it makes a big difference in how much people pour and prevents them from overdrinking.”
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