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Originally Posted by rickanderson
Saying a bit of alcohol is ok for the body is like saying a few cigarettes a day is cool.
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...and water is necessary for life, but you can give yourself water 'intoxication' if you drink too much of it because you can upset your body chemistry.
Much of modern medicine is a doctor trying to weigh the net effect of certain substances on the body. I'm not a scientist so I will defer judgment to the experts on the subject, but the cigarette example is a poor analogy.