Originally Posted by
Curtinmd 
So is have the stuff me and probably most of us eat anymore has no nutritional value. Does that mean I should never have a cookie again? I get your overall point though.
Although I do believe the research is their are health benefits are moderate levels of drinking
Your body can store the energy from a cookie and use it when needed. It cannot store the energy from alcohol. It metabolises the ethanol asap into ethanal (acetaldehyde) which is actually a carcinogen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetal...arcinogenicity
The acetaldehyde is further metabolised to acetic acid.