Moderate alcohol consumption is healthy: We ll drink to that

By ACSH Staff — Feb 03, 2011
An op-ed by Stanton Peele in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal affirms something we’ve said previously: moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to contribute to good health. Peele faults the American medical establishment, accusing it of trying to keep this a secret from the public out of moralistic fear of alcoholism. We simply say, “Drink up — in moderation.”

An op-ed by Stanton Peele in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal affirms something we’ve said previously: moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to contribute to good health. Peele faults the American medical establishment, accusing it of trying to keep this a secret from the public out of moralistic fear of alcoholism. We simply say, “Drink up — in moderation.”

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