"C J Campbell" wrote in message
It is not the alcohol that is considered beneficial.

Not true. The healthful benefits of moderate alcohol consumption have been
well established for about a hundred years now.

You could get the same
benefits from drinking grape juice without poisoning yourself with
alcohol.

Sorta true. You can get the same antioxidant benefits from grape juice as
from red wine. The antioxidants in grape juice even stay in the body longer
than those found in wine. But you miss out on the indisputable health
benefits of moderate *alcohol* consumption.

So, I have self-prescribed a cold beer as soon as I walk in the door from
work and a glass of Merlot as I cook dinner. I'm still alive so it must
work.

I applaud your choice to remain as chemical free as possible, Chris. But
calling alcohol "poison" is hyperbole and ignorant and makes you sound like
my mother-in-law.

--
Jim Fisher