Figure 1).

Alcohol has protective effects against death from all causes (A), but excessive amounts of alcohol begin to have detrimental effects on overall health. A notable difference between the effects of alcohol on mortality due to cardiovascular disease (B) compared with all causes is that consuming three to five drinks per day is protective against death due to cardiovascular disease, but it has an increased RR of death due to other causes. One drink is defined as 15 mL of alcohol, which is equivalent to approximately 120 mL of wine (one half-glass), 355 mL of beer or 30 mL of spirits. Adapted from reference 77