The Alcohol Dilemma: Health Benefits vs. Risks

For years, people felt good drinking a glass or two of red wine for the supposed health benefits, but last year the World Health Organization declared that “no level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.” The debate over alcohol and health is happening as the federal government prepares to release new dietary and nutrition guidelines next year. We’ll talk to experts about whether light drinking is harmful and what we can expect from the new guidelines. And we want to hear from you, how much alcohol do you deem safe?

Guests:

Esther Mobley, senior wine critic, San Francisco Chronicle

Dr. Gregory Marcus, cardiologist, electrophysiologist and professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Adam Sherk, scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria - He is also a researcher for the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Alcohol and Public Health Policy.

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