When the USDA released its new Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2000 in May, a slight change was made to the 1995 guidelines.
Moderate consumption provides little, if any, health benefit for younger people.
As discussed in For the Stomach s Stake ancient wise types have expounded on wine and health for thousands of years. And next, we shall rule that the young man under thirty may take wine in moderation, but that he must entirely abstain from intoxication and heavy drinking. I took a peek at the published dietary guidelines of 20 other countries from Australia to the UK, and the clear and overriding alcohol consumption theme, without reference to specific age, was moderation, moderation, moderation. The Wine Skinny is a publication of Tinsley PR .