In Italy there we were discussing about a tax alcohol like the Junk food to safeguard health. Many voices against. The last one is a pool of experts from the Research Laboratories of the John Paul II Foundation of Campobasso.
Right to health, the distinction is huge: the junk food is harmful instead moderate amounts of alcohol are healthy for cardiovasolare system.
The researchers Giovanni de Gaetano, Fulvio Ursini and Francesco Orlandi, members of the International Scientific Forum on alcohol research support that the first step to prevent health is changing wrong lifestyle, they add that "The association between alcohol and junk food is dangerous because the two are very different in culture, traditions, and especially with regard to health benefits".