A bit of wine each day is actually healthy. And the estrogen thing is not for all sorts of alcohol I think, but deffo for beer.
Because ethanol (a cellular toxin) is present in any form of alcohol we consume, wine is just as guilty as beer is. Gynecomastria is a proven symptom of long-term drinking (aromatization of androgens to estrogens). Although it may take you years to develop bitch tits, the alcohol affects your testosterone levels immediately. In men, the body will try to replenish testosterone by releasing Luteinizing Hormone. This is ultimately ineffective, since the depletion occurs at the cellular level, not the glandular. However, the LH will make you horny. Now IF wine somehow did not affect your hormones, then drinking it won't make you horny. This sounds like an experiment we can try at home!
The argument has been that wine (and beer) provides you with a dose of antioxidants. However, you can get these by a lot of other ways without the deleterious effects of alcohol. Not to sound like someone's mom, but fruits, veggies, fish...
Helm, I will pay more attention to the CAPS in the future. Missed the intentional hyperbole.
As far as weed goes, Penn & Teller had a good point: in the US, approximately 50,000 people die every year from alcohol poisoning; 500,000 from cigarettes. In the history of mankind, there is no record of anyone ever dying from marijuana (laced shit doesn't count and is a by-product of the quality control loss in a black market). Of course that doesn't mean it's good for you, just an indicator that we might be fighting the wrong thing.
Isn't caffeine the most commonly abused and addictive drug known to man?