Ask the doctor: Can drinking red wine prevent heart disease?
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The benefits of moderate alcohol intake appear to apply not only to healthy people but also to people with coronary artery disease risk factors or coronary artery disease itself. I think that the evidence does not give red wine any special benefit when compared with other alcoholic drinks. I don't advise nondrinkers who have had problems with alcohol abuse to start imbibing again. There are other ways to protect the heart.?
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