Coffee is healthier than wine and beer. Drinking coffee is healthy.

As the saying goes, wine makes you lose your wits. But for thousands of years, medical experts have believed that wine is healthy and nutritious. Alcohol abuse, alcoholism and hangovers are all recent problems. Around 450 BC, Hippocrates recommended the use of special wine to reduce fever, disinfect and treat wounds, and as diuretics and nutritional supplements. Most of the pathogens that threaten humans are fragile and can be easily killed by acid or alcohol. As a result, until the 17th century, wine was considered a safer drink than water. For centuries, people have preferred alcoholic drinks to water. Most of our bodies are water, so water is very important to us. For a long time, however, it has been considered safer to drink alcoholic beverages than ordinary water. From ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages to the 17th century, people often drank wine and beer to avoid drinking contaminated water. British physician Andrew Bourdes pointed out this fact after visiting almost all European countries. He published a book called healthy Diet (1542), which pointed out that water at that time was to some extent harmful. To this end, Mr. Hugh Middletown, the first baronet, a member of the British Parliament (1559-1643), planned to provide water for London. Based on this idea, he dug a deep and wide canal, 38 miles long. Before that, London and the whole of Europe were often plagued by cholera because bacteria contaminated the water and the water was not treated before use.

Nowadays, water pollution is no longer a major problem, but alcohol consumption has become a big problem. Wine is a mild natural sedative that can reduce anxiety and tension. As part of a normal diet, wine provides the body with energy and minerals and vitamins that help digestion, as well as boosting appetite. In addition, wine can also restore nutritional balance, relieve tension and produce a slight sense of euphoria, which is very beneficial to the rehabilitation of patients, especially the elderly. Although drinking wine may be the oldest method of disease treatment and prevention still in use, there is still a generation of people in the medical community, especially in the United States, who received medical education during the history of prohibition.

In about 25 years of medical literature, there is no mention of the role of alcohol, and no research has been done on the use of alcohol, including wine (except for external use). This generation of medical workers is educating the next generation and continues to ignore the potential health benefits of wine. In the 1970s, the National Institutes of Health rejected and concealed the findings of the Framingham Heart Research Center, which showed that moderate drinkers had a 50% lower risk of dying from heart disease than non-drinkers. In November 1991, the TV show 60 minutes reported on a phenomenon known as the "French paradox", that is, although the French diet is higher in fat than the American diet, the incidence of coronary heart disease is relatively low. it was only then that people began to accept again that wine is a drug, not a poison. Research shows that red wine not only increases the taste of French food, but also protects the French heart. Large amounts of flavonols are found in grape seeds and pericarps, which play a positive role in cholesterol levels (raising good cholesterol levels and reducing bad cholesterol levels) and reducing platelet aggregation. Red wine is widely respected as a healthy alcoholic beverage. The typical diet of people in southern France includes high levels of cheese, butter, eggs, animal offal and other high-fat, high-cholesterol foods. This diet is supposed to increase the risk of heart disease, but the French have a lower incidence of heart disease than the United States, which shows that moderate consumption of wine is beneficial.

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Studies in England and Denmark have found that people who drink alcohol have a high incidence of coronary heart disease, but surprisingly, people who do not drink at all have a higher incidence of coronary heart disease. It is worth noting that Europeans usually drink wine and water with meals, while Americans often drink milk, iced tea, soft drinks or coffee. Drinking red wine in moderation can prevent heart disease and some cancer diseases. It contains an effective chemical component, catechol, also known as flavonoids, which is related to tannin. Catechol is an antioxidant that prevents free radicals from damaging cells. Proanthocyanidins are flavonoids with a special molecular structure, which are found in grape seeds and have recently been shown to prevent arteriosclerosis. In grapes and wine (especially red wine, grape juice, black beer and tea, but excluding spirits and light beer and spirits) there are also two compounds called resveratrol (resveratrol) and quercetin (Quercetin). Clinical statistics and laboratory studies have shown that these ingredients can improve the immune system, prevent tumor formation, protect the heart, and even prolong life. Many studies have shown that wine can dilate blood vessels and prevent angina and blood clots. The alcohol content in wine can also help change cholesterol for the better. The Harvard School of Public Health conducted a 14-year study of more than 100000 women between the ages of 25 and 42 in 14 states. Studies on nurses' health require participants to complete a questionnaire survey every two years to describe in detail their lifestyle and medical diagnosis. The study was divided into three levels according to alcohol consumption. After taking into account different situations such as the family history of diabetes and smoking habits, the study found that regular drinking (1-2 times a day, a total of 15-30 grams of alcohol) reduced the incidence of diabetes by 58%. Compared with people who never drank alcohol or drank alcohol before, the prevalence rate was 20% lower as long as the amount of alcohol consumed was in this range. The researchers also compared different types of alcohol. Beer and wine had the same risk level, and those who drank strong alcohol and more than 30 grams of alcohol a day had a 150% higher incidence of diabetes than non-drinkers. Other studies have also shown that regular moderate drinking has a variety of benefits, including reducing the risk of stroke, cancer, skin cancer or other cancers, Alzheimer's disease, and even reducing the symptoms of the common cold and the side effects of radiation therapy. More than 400 studies worldwide have shown that regular moderate drinking can prolong life through the long-term confirmation of a large number of people. The only exception is that pre-menopausal women with a family history of breast cancer cannot drink alcohol. The key to healthy drinking is regular and moderate drinking. But this way of drinking has not been taken seriously by many people.

Drinking too much alcohol is more harmful to your health than abstaining from alcohol. It is recommended to drink a glass of water along with a glass of wine. Although alcohol reduces electrolytes in the body or brain, this can be supplemented by sports drinks. Drinking too much and too fast can easily make people lose control and judgment. Two glasses of wine can help you relax and lower your blood pressure, but four or more drinks will raise your blood pressure. Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol during a meal can prevent alcohol poisoning from occasional drinking. The vast majority of healthy people like to drink alcohol regularly and regard it as a kind of fun and comfortable life. Drinking moderate amounts of coffee during the day and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol at night is a new healthy lifestyle. But teenagers are not advised to drink alcohol.