We almost always have a bottle of wine on the table at dinner. Today, for instance, I am making a salmon salad, with greens, lime and herbs, and I will get probably a falanghina to go with it. Wine is as old as civilization and I see it as a food product, not an alcohol vector. It must be my French background! That said, I am fully aware that it isn't particularly healthy. (On the other hand, I am a tea drinker, and I read another story today saying a couple of cups of green tea a day reduces the risk of premature death from all causes by several percentage points... I wonder if that cancels wine's ill effects?)
My mother ate well, and never smoked nor drank in her entire life. Nevertheless, she was afflicted with arthritis for 40 years, spent the last 8 years of her life in a care home, and died of neglect a week after being admitted in a Québec LTC home after surgery to correct a failed procedure she got years before. There is no way to know what awaits us.