The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Marksissons and is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

Choose your booze, a guide to healthy drinking.

It's the question every primal adherent faces.

How does alcohol fit into a low-carb lifestyle?

Maybe you're out with friends bravely resisting the assorted chips and fried concoctions in the center of the table.

You don't mind waiting patiently for the steak and salad you conscientiously selected,

but must you be relegated to the likes of club soda and tap water? What would happen exactly if you

ordered a, well, a drink drink? A nice glass of red wine, perhaps. Hmm, maybe that's too much

to ask at a place where onion blooms are a specialty. A mixed drink?

You begin reminiscing about those great sidecars your best friend used to make.

Maybe a shot. That's simple enough, isn't it? How about those memories? Well, maybe we'll fast

forward through those recollections. Beer? Beer belly. What about light beer? They're lowen carbs, right?

Whatever the case, you presume there's no Guinness in your future tonight, or...

Now you really need something. What's a primal type to do when it comes to a simple, social drink? Indeed, there are

some legitimate scientific reasons to enjoy alcohol in moderation. Alcohol, as a blood thinner,

enhances vascular health, and the phenolic content, potent antioxidants, can pack a healthy

punch. Research has compared alcohol abstention

with moderate or heavy drinking. Moderate alcohol consumption appears to lower the incidence

of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, total, and ischemic stroke, as well as result

in an overall reduction in mortality.

And it seems older folks have the most to gain. Not only do they appear to benefit the most

from a vascular health standpoint, research has linked moderate drinking in those over 65

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