Practically each drink and food product went through all stages of love and hatred - from the recommendations of physicians before full ostracism. Alcohol didn't become an exception, there was time, it was prescribed to patients, and from time to time forbade completely.
Degree of harm of alcohol
Absolutely harmless alcoholic beverages don't exist, even the most useful and natural need to be used moderately. The least harmful and the most useful of all alcoholic abundance wine is considered. In the ancient time even Hippocrates used this drink as a panacea practically from all diseases. That wine instead of advantage didn't do harm, it is necessary to drink it moderately and not to accept along with medicines.
To whom alcohol does only harm
It should be noted that for the people having certain diseases there are no harmless alcoholic beverages. So, alcohol is contraindicated subjects to patients who have an alcohol addiction, violations of work of digestive tract, nervous central system, a thyroid gland, cardiovascular and endocrine systems. Such drinks can't be taken also to the people doing sports even the most quality alcohol and in the minimum doses at physical activities gives complications on heart.
It is impossible to take in any quantities alcohol pregnant and feeding, it can provoke development of various pathologies and diseases in the child. Also under no circumstances it is impossible to give alcohol to children. Even the most quality drink in small doses can cause unpredictable reaction in not created until the end of a children's organism and to cause poisoning or to provoke appearance of an allergy.
To whom alcohol can bring benefit
For the people who don't have contraindications, the quality natural alcohol taken in small doses can bring a certain benefit. It is capable to increase quality of work of the immune system and elasticity of a vascular tissue, helps to cope with a stress, improves mood, removes psychological and nervous stress, promotes resorption of blood clots, reduces cholesterol level in blood. Except the general for all high-quality natural alcohol of useful properties wine, both red, and white, is capable to replace antibiotics and to become way of prevention of diseases of a cardiovascular system. But at the same time the dose of wine shouldn't exceed one glass a day. It is necessary to remember that harmless alcohol can be only at observance of a measure. Otherwise consumption of alcohol will inevitably negatively affect work of internals. The main complexity with determination of harmlessness of alcohol consists in identification of a safe dose. For each person this norm, and it is possible to learn it only after consultation with the doctor.