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By that, it means one or two drinks a day, not getting shitfaced once a week.

apparently wine has antioxidants
apparently antioxidants do good things for you

>>4508399
Thats what I mean as I may have 1 or 2 drinks once or twice a week at most.

A cup of red wine a day is supposedly excellent for your health.

But those studies are probably funded by wineries and health specialist are always contradicting themselves/changing their opinions every 5 years, so you better don't turn to be a health freak.

>>4508401
>>4508407

Would rather try something else than wine as IIRC there are some benefits to Vodka. Wine is something I may look into though

>>4508401
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2126549/Why-antioxidants-causing-harm-good.html

tl;dr you don't need to plan to get antioxidants, you get enough just from existing... unless you eat very poorly

Beer fine?

Any alcohol is good for you. Drinkers live far longer than teetotalers, even if you drink more than the recommended guidelines, which are pulled out of thin air.

The health benefits of wine specifically are less well known after a huge scientific controversy:

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/01/red-wine-researcher-accused-of.html

>>4508407

Churchill and FDR drank. Hitler didn't. Who are you trying to blame there, mein furer?

>>4508640

It's good that Hitler didn't drink. It might have made him violent.

it makes you feel funny

thats a benifit as it is fun to feeel that kind of funny

Lowers blood pressure.
Alcohol can be used as a disinfectant in an emergency.
Vodka is the best cure for Ethylene Glycol (antifreeze) overdose.
It can help you get to sleep (though the actual quality of sleep will suffer)
It can calm jangled nerves in a stressful situation (though tea is best for this)

Everything mankind has ever done is much easier if you are very slightly drunk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIv96reVlAE

>>4508417
>www.dailymail.co.uk

>>4508417
Oh the Daily Mail said something, we better believe every word

>>4510365

Is this the only newspaper that anyone on 4chan has ever heard of?

For an American board, that Brit hack rag really does show up a lot. Disproportionately so.

Wine or craft beer.
Since a lot of craft beers are brewed with fruit and whatnot, they have some nutritional value. Supposedly.
I'd drink beer anyway. It tastes better.

>>4510392
>craft beer

Goes great with genuine dairy cheese and some real natural fruit, although some people prefer to drink non bum-wine or even a perfectly safe brand of vodka.

Stay classy, America.

>>4510398
I don't know what you're getting at.

>>4508407
Dude, the news that "moderate drinking is good for you" has been out since the mid-1980s. Likewise "red wine has some great compounds in it that help your heart health."

OP, red wine is supposed to be the best, but white wine and beer are also ok. High-alcohol-content stuff has some downsides to it (oral cancer), so using it as a weak mixer is suggested if you go that route.