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3 Post author: Dorikka 05 May 2013 03:17AM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 05 May 2013 03:52:29PM 0 points [-]

Some studies say that red wine is better than white and that wine is better than other types of alcohol, but mostly the evidence is that type of alcohol doesn't matter. The evidence is observational with no causal mechanism. However, short term RCT show that alcohol affects cholesterol levels.