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reaons 10-12 to drink wine

10. According to a new study from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, drinking wine adds 5 years to your life. You gain about half that by drinking beer in moderation.
11. Drinking with friends lowers your risk of stroke, according to a study from Japan. Wine tends to encourage social drinking, so now you have even more reason to share.
12.Wine polyphenols are effective anti-viral agents. One study showed that mice given a fatal innoculum of the influenza virus all survived if they were given resveratrol.

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