adding alcohol to a healthy diet?

I bet you have heard before that a glass of wine or two at diner everyday can be a good thing right? Well a couple recent studies, according to an article in the New York Times this week, have shown that moderate drinking can definetly lower a persnos risk for cardiovascular disease. It has shown to be effective in middle-aged person's who may have a dirnk or two a day. 7,697 healthy men and women betwen the ages of 45 and 64 were used in this study. Only 442 of these people were non-drinkers, whob started as a result fo the study. They became moderate drinkers for 6 years. Some activities like smoking whcih can increase the chances of heart disease were controlled in these people. The results showed that the new mdoerate drinkers were 38% less likely than the others who did not drink to have a heart attack. These people had lower cholesterol and blood pressure as well on average. There was no icnrease in mortality either. So, moderate alcohol consumption can be part of a healthy lifestyle.