A recent study suggests that consuming three glasses of wine daily substantially decreases the risk of stroke. Critics of the study, defending earlier research recommending one glass of wine daily, claim that binge drinkers (who drink once a week or less, but drink three or more drinks when they do drink) are the people most likely to drink three glasses of wine in one day and are more likely to die from sudden heart attacks than are other drinkers. According to these critics, drinking three glasses of wine daily would not benefit health overall, since the decrease in the risk of stroke associated with that level of consumption is negated by its associated increased risk of sudden heart attack. The critics' argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it ['inappropriately attributes the consequences of binge drinking to persons whose regular consumption of wine is three glasses a day', 'presumes, without providing justification, that there is no significant difference between wine and other alcoholic beverages in terms of health benefits and risks', 'confuses the risk of sudden alcohol-induced heart attacks with other health risks', 'fails to address specifically the reduction in risk of stroke conferred by the level of consumption in the recent study']