| We've all heard the news about the potential | | | | damage than moderate consumption will do it good. |
| heart-health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. | | | | And they leave the impression that health benefits |
| It's no wonder such stories grab headlines. They're the | | | | apply to men and women alike. Not so. |
| nutritional equivalent of the classic media formula of | | | | Most of the research regarding alcohol's effects in |
| "man bites dog." As for the rest of us, we celebrate | | | | raising good cholesterol, or HDL, levels looks at men |
| by raising a glass to our health. | | | | and post-menopausal women. Very little, if any, |
| But whenever I hear one of these reports, I wonder | | | | evidence suggests that alcohol consumption in younger |
| whether it actually ends up doing more harm than | | | | women is beneficial. Even worse, other studies |
| good. Most fail to mention the health risks of excessive | | | | associate younger women's alcohol consumption with |
| alcohol consumption, which will do a body far more | | | | increased disease risk. |