Almost every drink and food product has gone through all stages of love and hate - from medical recommendations to complete ostracism. Alcohol was no exception, there was a time, it was prescribed to patients, and at times it was completely banned.
The degree of harmfulness of alcohol
Absolutely harmless alcoholic beverages do not exist, even the most useful and natural ones must be consumed in moderation. Wine is considered the least harmful and most useful of all alcoholic abundance. In ancient times, even Hippocrates himself used this drink as a panacea for almost all diseases. To prevent wine from causing harm instead of good, it must be drunk in moderation and not taken simultaneously with medications.
Whom alcohol does only harm
It should be noted that for people suffering from certain diseases, there are no harmless alcoholic beverages. So, alcohol is contraindicated for those patients who have alcohol dependence, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, nervous central system, thyroid gland, cardiovascular and endocrine systems. Such drinks should not be consumed by people involved in sports, even the highest quality alcohol and in minimal doses during physical exertion gives complications to the heart.
Pregnant and lactating women should not drink alcohol in any quantity, this can provoke the development of various pathologies and diseases in a child. Also, under no circumstances should alcohol be given to children. Even the best quality drink in small doses can cause an unpredictable reaction in a child's body that is not fully formed and cause poisoning or provoke allergies.
Who can benefit from alcohol?
For people without contraindications, high-quality natural alcohol consumed in small doses can bring certain benefits. It is able to improve the quality of the immune system and the elasticity of the vascular tissue, helps to cope with stress, improves mood, relieves psychological and nervous tension, promotes the resorption of blood clots, and reduces blood cholesterol levels.
In addition to the beneficial properties common to all high-quality natural alcohol, wine, both red and white, can replace antibiotics and become a way to prevent diseases of the cardiovascular system. But at the same time, the dose of wine should not exceed one glass per day.
It must be remembered that alcohol can be harmless only if the measure is followed. Otherwise, drinking alcohol will inevitably negatively affect the work of internal organs. The main difficulty in determining the harmlessness of alcohol is finding a safe dose. For each person, this norm is different, and you can find out only after consulting a doctor.
