Benefits of moderate drinking Drinking moderate amounts, two cups a day, can reduce the possibility of dying of heart disease. Alcohol actually helps to prevent the formation of blood clots, thus effectively preventing the possibility of stroke and heart attack. People who drink moderately live longer than those who don't drink at all! A large number of studies show that moderate drinking can also help prevent arteriosclerosis, which is the main cause of heart attack. A study of 89,000 middle-aged women by Harvard University found that people who drink three to nine glasses of wine a week are 40% less likely to have a heart attack than those who don't drink. Another study, which lasted for 10, surveyed nearly130,000 men and women, and found that people who drank one or two glasses of wine every day were 30% less likely to die of coronary heart disease than those who didn't drink at all. The American Heart Association pointed out that moderate drinking can increase the content of benign high-density lipoprotein and reduce the chance of coronary heart disease. Drinking can also relieve anxiety. In any case, it is one of the benign effects of alcohol.