Evaluations of the effect of alcohol on human health are as old as alcohol itself. Opinions vary from the favourable, preventive and curative to the opposite, seein alcohol as symbol evil, the scourge of mankind, toxic substance with a malignant effect on all organs. One of the most terrible is that by drinking even the smallest amount of alcohol, several thousand brain cells are destroyed. A creative person becomes a wreck. Seemingly contradictory views may not actually be mutually exclusive. This brings us to the concept of hormesis, which refers to the so – called biphasic effect, whereby a small amount of substance has a positive effect, but higher concentration of the same substance oppositely produced harm. Dosis Sola Facit Venenum - /The dose itself makes the Poison/ Paracelsus 1493-1541. In june 2nd, 1953 Slovakia honoured the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II by donating 50 litres of wine (Klevner- Pinot Gris) from Radošiná a village near to city of Nitra. Relevant committee deemed the wine as excellent and worthy for the royal table on such a special occasion. It was certainly not a poison.
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