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What are the health benefits to drinking in moderation?

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Dr. Axel Martinez-Irizarry answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Many: Only medical benefits from alcohol are 2oz of red wine daily to increase HDL. There might be others I don't know of. Benefits of drinking in moderation, are avoiding all the negative consequences of drinking in excess: decreases judgement, affairs, domestic violence, crimes, drink & drive, liver disease, alcoholism, dementia, neuropathy, vitamin deficiencies, birth defects, etc..

Answered 11/1/2014

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