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TRYING to make sense of alcohol studies is enough to drive you to drink. But
according to the latest survey, it doesn’t matter what is in the bottle.

Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo of the Autonomous University of Madrid and his
team have found that drinkers are healthier regardless of whether they drink
beer, wine or spirits. The results contradict the popular belief, backed by some
studies, that wine is better for you.

Another blow to the wine industry comes from Erik Mortensen of the Institute
of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen. He suggests that wine drinkers are
healthier because of their lifestyles, rather…

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