Is drinking wine good or bad for your health?

New report warns drinking more than five glasses a week can shorten lifespan

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Bon viveurs have been left reeling by reports that drinking ten glasses of wine a week can shorten life expectancy by two years.

Or to put it another way, you lose “15 minutes of life for each unit above the safe amount, the equivalent of smoking a cigarette”, says The Daily Telegraph’s science editor Sarah Knapton.

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