{"id":1553,"date":"2017-05-25T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T03:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/does-moderate-drinking-really-protect-against-heart-disease\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T13:25:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T03:25:24","slug":"does-moderate-drinking-really-protect-against-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/does-moderate-drinking-really-protect-against-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Does moderate drinking really protect against heart disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; line-height: 18pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #111111;\"><\/span>Written by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/authors\/ana-sandoiu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"View all articles written by Ana Sandoiu\">Ana Sandoiu<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Monday 22 May 2017<\/p>\n<p>When studies first suggested that alcohol, in moderation, may improve health, many of us were delighted at the news. But a new, in-depth review of these studies suggests that believing the health benefits of alcohol may be wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<p>New research suggests that the studies previously indicating that alcohol is good for one&#8217;s health may have been biased.<\/p>\n<p>Previous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/alcohol-full-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">research<\/a>&nbsp;has indicated that a moderate amount of alcohol can protect against&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/237191.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Heart Disease: Definition, Causes, Research\">heart disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 prospective studies have shown an inverse correlation between moderate alcohol intake &#8211; defined as no more than one daily drink for women, and no more than two drinks per day for men &#8211; and the risk of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/151444.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Heart Attack: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments\">heart attack<\/a>, blood clots,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/7624.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Stroke: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment\">stroke<\/a>, and other adverse cardiovascular events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/317572.php?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button\">For more<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/317572.php?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=weekly\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by&nbsp;Ana Sandoiu&nbsp;&nbsp;Monday 22 May 2017 When studies first suggested that alcohol, in moderation, may improve health, many of us were delighted at the news. But a new, in-depth review of these studies suggests that believing the health benefits of alcohol may be wishful thinking. 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