A study conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina has found that non-drinkers who started having one or two drinks a day lowered their risk of cardiac disease.
The research looked at more than 7,600 non-drinkers between 45 and 64 years old over a 10 year period. Those who started enjoying one to two drinks of alcohol daily during the study had a 38 percent lower chance of developing heart problems than those who continued to abstain.
In the study those who drank wine saw the greatest reduction in heart problems.
This may be so, but does it does not give causal evidence, only correlational. If nobody ever drank, and someone did an experiment to make a few people drink, i beleive the drinkers would have a higher chance of heart disease. Non-drinkers are generally socially unaccepted or the choice not to drink brings about stress, which can increase the risk of heart disease.
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