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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and in recent podcasts and a little bit on Twitter, I've

created a bit of controversy in talking about something that it seems like a lot of people

hold kind of near and dear and in this case that's red wine.

And booze in general and alcohol is something that we've talked about before on podcasts

too.

We've discussed detoxing and what kinds of alcohol are the most healthy and all sorts of

things when it comes to alcohol and what it does to the body, both good and bad.

Well my guest today has a really interesting take on this stuff.

His name is James Swanek and James is actually the host of another podcast called the Alpha

Mail Club and I've been on that podcast.

You can check it out in iTunes and James, I actually learned this about James several

months after I met him and we'd hung out and it kind of shocked me because he didn't

come across to me as the type of guy who would have made a decision like this, but he

did and he'll explain it here in a second.

But James doesn't drink alcohol and in this podcast you're going to learn how quitting

alcohol actually helped him lose 30 pounds of fat, make more money, attract better friends

and lovers, got him a job hosting sports center on ESPN and he's kind of got a formula

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