To Toast With a Glass of Wine or Not?

A very good summary article came out today, discussing some of the confusing messages about whether wine is good for your health or not. Key points included that drinking wine may:

• Improve your overall health


• Lead to liver disease


• Increase women's chances of breast cancer


• Lower your chances of heart disease


• Increase your "good" cholesterol


• Be better to drink when you are older


• Increase your blood pressure


• Cause dementia (heavy drinking)


• Decrease the risk of dementia (lighter drinking)

I enjoy drinking wine, and find this article pretty concisely lays out what has been presented in the media in recent years. However, it doesn't really come to a definitive conclusion. That is for us to do, thankfully.