Actually, drinking alcohol in moderation has some great health benefits including:

Reducing your risk of developing heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and intermittent claudication
Reducing your risk of dying of a heart attack
Possibly reducing your risk of strokes, particularly ischemic strokes
Lowering your risk of gallstones
Possibly reducing your risk of diabetes

So for those of you who don't binge drink and are able to sit at dinner with a nice glass of wine you are doing your body good. My dad's cardiologist actually told him to have a glass of red wine a day. How bout that

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Shauna