In Loren Cordain's posting of Oct. 7/9, he notes:

"Low HDL cholesterol levels are strongly associated with coronary heart
disease, and many factors that produce lower HDL cholesterol levels
increase the risk of coronary heart disease; examples are smoking,
obesity, lack of physical activity, abstinence from alcohol and low
levels of dietary ascorbate."

I don't understand the "abstinence from alcohol". Have I and our Paleo
ancestors been missing out on something - or have I misread this?

If Dr. Cordain will site suitable references, I will most certainly
change the liquid part of my diet :-) .

robert