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Research continues to pour in showing that moderate drinking (one or two alcoholic drinks per day-no more) protects against heart disease. In fact, drinking men in one recent study had less risk of death from heart disease than men who never touch the stuff.
Alcohol boosts levels of HDL cholesterol (the good kind), “and there are surprisingly few things that’ll do that,” says Dr. Rossman. Still, doctors are cautious about prescribing alcohol as preventive medicine, since heavy drinking damages the heart, brain and liver. Can you draw the line at a drink or two a day? If not, well, you’re a big boy; you’re better off saying no.