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Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) claim that moderate wine drinking can defuse heart problems. This research team was headed by Dr. Dana E. King, an associate professor from the Department of Family Medicine. About 7,697 men and women were observed as part of the study. Over a period of 10 years, about 6% of them began to drink.
In the next 4 years, the researchers compared the results of these new drinkers with regular non-drinkers. Reports published in the American Journal Medicine shows that there was a 38% drop in the cardiovascular diseases for those who began drinking among the volunteers.
Another important result of the study showed that 10.7% of the volunteers who did not take up drinking suffered from a heart disease or stroke, whereas only 6.9% of the moderate drinkers suffered from the same. The women drank one drink per day and the men took 2 drinks per day.
How does limited/moderate drinking lead to a healthy heart?
New drinkers reported the following benefits from drinking wine on a monitored basis:
- Lower LDL cholesterol levels that block arteries
- Higher HDL cholesterol levels that prevent the clogging up of arteries
- Low blood pressure levels
Many studies like the above have shown that light or moderate drinking can give you a healthy heart. Researchers have also warned people not to start drinking with the excuse or objective of preventing heart ailments.
Researchers from the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of the Toronto General Hospital for instance also claimed that
just one drink of wine can dilate or relax the heart
and two drinks can disrupt all good that was done.
Wine Better than Beer, Liquor, etc
There is also a marked difference in the benefit one gains from wine drinking and other forms of alcohol drinking. The MUSC study reveals that wine-drinkers had a 68% benefit of fewer cardiovascular events whereas on the other hand, liquor, beer or mixed drinking had a 21% benefit of reduced cardiovascular events.
Binge Drinking is Dangerous
The MUSC study also revealed the reverse consequences of binge drinking. For instance, King revealed that the volunteers who became heavy drinkers within 6 years were 42% more vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases. So take just one drink of wine daily to prevent all heart aches.
Caution:
Dr. Dana through the research warns people suffering from gastric ulcers, liver disease and depression to avoid drinking altogether.
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