Health benefits of wine and alcohol from neuroprotection to heart health.

@article{Vasanthi2012HealthBO,
  title={Health benefits of wine and alcohol from neuroprotection to heart health.},
  author={Hannah R. Vasanthi and Royapuram P Parameswari and J Deleiris and Dipak Kumar Das},
  journal={Frontiers in bioscience},
  year={2012},
  volume={4},
  pages={
          1505-12
        }
}
Controversy is common during efforts to define the role of nutrition in health, but few modern reflections of such controversy are as vivid as the debate over wine. There exists no query that chronic alcohol abuse, a leading worldwide problem, causes neuronal dysfunction and brain damage. However, various epidemiologic studies in recent years have indicated that in comparisons with abstainers or never drinkers, light/moderate alcohol/wine consumers have lower risks of age-dependent cognitive… 
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