Drink and exercise your way to a longer life: study.

Like a bird feeding its young, news media regurgitate press releases before flying off to crap on other stories (such as wild parties thrown by Aussie teens that necessite a police helicopter response). We Shark Guys, however, offer the kind of sober analysis typically seen just prior to pitchers of stale beer arriving at your table.

So, instead of focusing on that story, or some drunk who stumbled his way onto the property of English footballer Michael Owen and was chased by security personnel all over the finely manicured manor grounds of his 17^th century estate, we decided to spotlight physical activity of a different sort.

If the only exercise you get in a week is the mad dash to your PC when you’re instant messaged, you’re going to want to stamp out that cigarette (preferably on your tongue, just like in the movies), crack open a window a touch, breathe deep and take note as Danish researchers recently asked, “If you don't want to exercise too much, can you trade it for one to two drinks per day and be fine?” (a fine question indeed, replacing the one that was on our noggins this morning, "What did Amy Winehouse do with all the hair from her bee-hive?)

In the latest issue of the European Heart Journal, researchers looked at nearly 12,000 Danes in a 20-year study and we’ve distilled the results for you like a fine cognac which coincidentally, we're sipping this morning to go along with our breakfast oatmeal (the cheap stuff goes IN it).

First, the bad news, the 'something rotten in the state of Denmark' if you will: you still have to exercise, and according to the lead researcher, "there's absolutely no proof of a preventative and protective effect [of alcohol] before age 45."

The good news is though, that if you actually make it to this advanced age and aren't killed by the drink or a sedentary lifestyle, you can exercise and imbibe in moderation, extending your mortality to Keith Richards like proportions while at the same time lowering heart disease risk. There's even an added benefit: you can even outlive all those finger-wagging abstainers as study participants who didn't drink and didn't exercise (and who are likely contacting their lawyers right now to launch a lawsuit against the Danish researchers) had double the risk for heart disease as those who did exercise and drink moderately.

You know what they say, "abstinence makes the heart a goner".