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What happens if you consume over a long time small amount of alcohol?

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Dr. TRUC DAO
Dr. TRUC DAOanswered
Psychiatry 39 years experience
Small amount of alco: Small? How small? One (or two beer a day for tal and heavy not obese) is normal and healthy, as reducing cholesterol) but more than 2/d is alcoholism and will bring long term consequences if cannot resist the attempt to drink, it is alcoholism with its mental and medical penalties. The mental reults are immediate while long term medical results will come later.
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