Read this before you shout 'Yum Seng!' this CNY


Wine and other alcoholic beverages offer negligible protective health benefits and should not be consumed for health purposes, say researchers. 

A recent research in the UK, who worked with 52,891 subjects, concluded past studies on how drinking can promote health may contain faulty data.

Resist the temptation to drink too much this Chinese New Year, as health benefits linked to drinking may have been exaggerated. Photo: AFP

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