He said, you said, I said

You know the old saying: You can make statistics say anything you want. In the case of research studies, the same thing is true--all you have to do is leave out one small but significant factor and the results you get won't be worth a dime...unless of course no one remembers to ask about that missing factor. If no one does, then you can probably sell millions of books and make money in a hundred other ways if your "discovery" is exciting enough.

Now take the idea--"proven" in study after study--that drinking moderately can be good for you. Here come some scientists who decided to ask the control non-drinking group why they don't drink. Ouch. Down the drain goes the lovely idea that drinking a little bit of alcohol every day is good for your heart.

Well, evidence is in that your heart is more than just an organ--it's the very control center of you. It has the power to raise or reduce your stress levels and can literally make you healthier when it's calm and peaceful.

So I say, if a little bit of alcohol makes you calmer and more at peace, go for it and the studies be damned.