"If you don't already drink, don't start drinking for its health benefits," Steinbaum said. "You can eat a heart-healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, and get a benefit, too. You don't have to have alcohol to protect your heart." The Bad...
Red wine is one type of alcohol that's received a lot of attention over the years for its reported heart health benefits. The first thing to know about this is that the evidence is weak. Some studies find no benefit, and some find a little bit. The compound in question, and which is...
But after adjusting for study flaws and biases, "the appearance of the benefit from moderate drinking greatly diminishes and, in some cases, vanishes altogether," Stockwell said. A standard drink in the United States contains roughly 14 grams of pure alcohol, according to the U.S. National Ins...
Of those surveyed, 3% had driven after taking illegal drugs in the last year before the survey, and had been stopped during road checks (P < 0.001) and involved in road accidents (P < 0.0001) more often than those who had not driven under the influence of drugs. The study shows that ...
[03:59.52]didn't quit drinking because of a problem [04:02.44]and didn't become a heavy drinker, [04:06.12]that's a very select group," Naimi said. [04:10.48]"It creates an appearance [04:12.56]of a benefit for mode...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), headed by Dr. Jay Chung, found that resveratrol acts not just as an anti-inflammatory substance, but also as a genetic manipulator—all to the benefit of the lab rodents—through both direct and indirect chemical pathways. ...
“If you’re studying people who survived into middle age, didn’t quit drinking because of a problem and didn’t become a heavy drinker, that’s a very select group,” Naimi said. “It creates an appearance of a benefitf...
consumed wine cut their risk of dying prematurely by almost one third, and wine drinkers as a group had significantly lower mortality fromcardiovascular diseaseandcancer. Actually, drinking any kind ofalcoholicbeverage helped, the scientists found. But by far the biggest benefit accrued to wine ...
The only health benefit that Schutte’s team discovered was a decreased risk of coronary heart disease through the consumption of wine. But Schutte believes the benefits obtained from wine and champagne are actually thanks to polyphenols, which are antioxidants found naturally in the grapes, an...
1. You keep hearing alcohol is good for your heart. True? More than 100 studies suggest that light to moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart disease. And it's not just men: Women benefit, too, says JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., of Harvard Medical School. Yet, despite all this re...