A Small Amount of Alcohol a Day May Make You Healthier?
For years, I’ve heard that a glass of wine each day is good for you — makes you healthier, helps avoid heart problems. So will a bottle a day make you even healthier? We call in Dr. Ryan Aycock, Cocktail MD, to answer this question. Get set for the best health regimen ever in this episode of Agave Road Trip!
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Agave Road Trip is an award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. It’s hosted by Lou Bank and Chava Periban.
Episode Notes
If you want to learn more about Raymond Pearl and his 1926 study, click here.
And if you want to read the the studies that Ryan references, here are links:
"Alcohol and cardiovascular mortality in Moscow"
"Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: 23-year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study"
"No safe level of alcohol consumption for brain health"
"Alcohol consumption is associated with structural changes in various organ systems"