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Healthy benefits of wine

Sydney:  Scientists, healthcare professionals and medical practitioners from all over the world Thursday began a three-day conference here to discuss the impact of wine consumption on human health.In all, 27 specialists from 10 countries will



The Australian wine industry hopes the discussion will influence policy discussions on wine and health.

"Unfortunately, as Australia debates how to deal with health and social issues around alcohol abuse, we are now hearing claims from some lobby groups that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption," said Paul Evans, chief executive of Winemakers Federation of Australia.

"These experts will present a number of studies that contribute to the growing body of research linking moderate wine consumption with a healthy lifestyle."