This fact has also make the health benefits of drinking at moderate level not well known. However, moderate drinking can be advantageous to human health, as I will demonstrate below:
* Beers can lower the risk of of kidney stones: Beer was found to reduce the risk of kidney stones by 41%.
* Beers strengthen your bones: Beer's high source of silicon content is what's responsible for an increase in bone density.
* Alcohol can protect you from heart attacks.
* Red wines can help fight colds: 8 -14 glasses of wine per week, one could see a 60% reduction in the risk developing a cold.
* Red wines can boost your memory: A compound found in the skin of red grapes can improve memory and cognitive function.
* Beers have vitamins.
* Whisky can cure sore throats.
* Drinking moderately can improve sexual function in men.
* Drinking can also help in Reducing blood clotting.
* Beer can help stop cataracts.
Addiction in the use of alcohol is a topic that we cannot run away from, I suggest we open discussion about this topic for the purpose of educating each other.
I am not a lover of alcohol because of hangovers. I have observed that even if I take little, the effect is not always pleasing. But I will not mind taking a few glasses of wine if the benefits you outlined and discussed are true. I am supposed to do a further study to ascertain if these benefits are true or false but adding the source of research that validates these claims would have been perfect. I hope this information is not based on hearsay and customs but on testable scientific research.
I know kidney stones can be controlled by taking plenty of water and I also know that excessive use of alcohol increases the risk of suffering from the illness because of the high rate of purines in beer and grain alcohol. I think it will be better for kidney stone patients to drink just water and avoid alcohol. I have also heard some of my friends claim that drinking beer, especially stouts improved their sexual performance. But I have not experimented with that claim. Nevertheless, I think we should verify this information before using alcohol.