BON SOIRÉE: BON SANTÉ?

You might be familiar with French greetings, bonjour (good morning), bon après midi(good day), bonsoir(good evening), bon nuit(good night). 
Then in consonance with the 'good time' spirit of the French, there is bon soirée. Bon soirée is the greeting for down time, hang out time, which for the french is around 6-7 pm there about. There after they start greeting bon nuit.
Now it can't be only the french who know how to have down time/ happy hour. In different  climes, different cultures, people do hang out for happy hour. 
How healthy is happy hour? Is bon soirée really bon sante? 
The concept of having some time to unwind after the day's work is really a healthy one, for real. But then the big question is, how do you unwind? 
In France, red wine plays a pivotal role. Red wine contains  resverstrol that keeps the heart healthy when red wine is taken in moderation. 

In the U.S, cooling off with alcoholic drinks in pubs and bars is popular. Also beef barbecue comes to play while hanging out at a friend's place. High consumption of alcohol and red meat is bad for the heart, bad for the health.

In Nigeria it differs from region to region but generally food items that are popular with down time are ; alcoholic beverages, asun(goat meat mix), isi ewu (goat head), fatty pepersoups, nkwobi,(cow hide mix), . Again alcohol consumption in significant amounts is dangerous to health and most of the side dishes / delicacies are high in cholesterol which is bad for the health, could lead to heart diseases, strokes, high blood pressure, obesity etc.
So, really, is BON SOIRÉE, BON SANTÉ? 

Whatever you eat during happy hour,

Do Eat Responsibly!