Alcohol as some would primarily refer to it as liquor, wine, brandy, whisky among other names, has its pros and cons.

The brew has become a normality and it is readily available across most shopping platforms.

Consumers would call alcohol sweet or a stress reliever and true to it studies have proven that it adds a soothing respite at the end of a stressful day.

Not as a mechanism to glorify the indulgement but light to moderate consumption of alcohol lowers the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Furthermore after a meal it is advisable to drink alcohol because it helps to improve digestion. 

It has been proven that alcohol impacts the rise of High Density Lipoprotein HDL or some call it good cholesterol that protects against heart disease.

And once the heart is in check the high chances of proper digestion.

What it really does to your body

It mostly applies to people without heart disease,  and also to those at high risk for having a heart attack or stroke or dying of cardiovascular disease, including those with type 2 diabetes, [32, 33] high blood pressure, [34, 35] and existing cardiovascular disease. [34, 35]

Among other primary factors is that, alcohol also helps in the insulin formation of blood clotting. Alcohol improves the formation of insulins such as tissue type plasminogen activator, fibrinogen, clotting factor VII, and von Willebrand factor.

These ones tend to prevent the cases of small blood clots that block around heart, neck and brain which is the cause of the common stroke and many heart attacks.

Alcohol intends to improve your social awareness and mental well being. You tend to pursue your activities more vigorously and without sudden ailments.

According to research presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Barcelona, alcohol can bring about positive effects on blood glucose and fat metabolism.

In conclusion the moderate drinking of alcohol helps a lot in fighting cardiovascular diseases as based on Gleaneagles Hospital in Singapore.

Further studies from Havard T.H Chan: School of Public Health, have proven that risks and benefits of can be balanced.