So that’s why they always drink cosmos on Sex and the City…The New York Times ran an interesting piece yesterday on new research that suggests women who drink in moderation regularly gain less weight than nondrinkers. (See Exhibit A, Carrie Bradshaw and Charlotte York, on your right.) Yes, seriously. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston studied nearly 20,000 women over 13 years. During that course of time, the nondrinkers gained an average of nine pounds. The lushes drinkers? Just three pounds. You know what that means.Bottoms up, ladies!