Dr. Oz

Alcohol is a social lubricant that brings people together.

In the best case scenario, I don't think you should drink alcohol, but it does allow people an excuse to bond and socialize.

And there's probably nothing healthier than having a good time with friends in a safe way.

If you look at the blue zones, for example, around the world, people live the longest.

Alcohol is sometimes part of their diet.

Again, small amounts.

taken very judiciously and usually in a celebratory fashion.

So there is alcohol on these dietary guidelines, but the implication is don't have it for breakfast.

There should be something done, a small amount, with hopefully some kind of an event that may have alcohol added.

But they generally move away from two glasses of men, one glass of women.

There was never really good data to support that quantity of alcohol consumption.

That data was probably primarily confused with broader data about social connectedness.