After reading the report in the following article, one really has to admire the old patriarch’s preaching of the middle way and peace of mind. A recent article in the European Journal of Cardiology, a leading journal in the field of cardiovascular medicine, reported that moderate alcohol consumption has the potential to reduce the risk of heart failure in middle-aged adults. The researchers collected about 14,000 people, aged 45-64 (mean age 54), in four regions of the United States from 1987 through 1989. The study took 14 grams of alcohol per day as moderate drinking, and abstained from alcohol or more than some amount as inappropriate. 14 grams of alcohol is equivalent to half a tael of high white wine, 355 ml of beer, and red wine, which you calculate by yourself. After 24 years of follow-up, it was found that the risk of heart failure in the moderate drinking population decreased by 16% for women and 20% for men. Commentators have suggested that drinking a small amount of red wine with dinner in moderation is good for your health. Of course, since this is only an observational study, the science is not perfect, but it is definitely true that you need to do everything in moderation, judging from the results above. Indiscriminate drinking on a daily basis will not end well and can lead to an increased incidence of many types of tumors. Also, you may have noticed in this story why the results of abstaining from alcohol were not as good as drinking in moderation; the article analyzes that people who abstain from alcohol may already have more serious complications from drinking, such as gastrointestinal disease and diabetes. For example, the two patients I saw this month were both binge drinkers who developed diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure. Of course, they quit drinking, but it was a bit too late. In short, to moderate, not day drunk, moderate and peaceful is the king of health.