As we age, we can't hold our alcohol as well. Those two glasses of wine that gave us a warm glow in our 30s possibly can make us stagger like a Skid Row derelict in our 70s.
And the thing is, older adults often don't know just how tipsy they've gotten.
That's the result of University of Florida research published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Results of testing showed that people 50 or older in the study metabolized alcohol similar to how younger people did, but they performed worse on special tests after having moderate amounts of alcohol and did not always realize when they were impaired. And the older adults reported they felt significantly less perceived impairment than they actually had.
Read the study here.
