{"id":4086,"date":"2024-08-01T09:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T23:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/heart-disease-prevention-alcohol-not-a-solution\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T23:30:16","slug":"heart-disease-prevention-alcohol-not-a-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/heart-disease-prevention-alcohol-not-a-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Disease Prevention: Alcohol Not a Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-4085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1071-Heart-Disease-Prevention-Alcohol-Not-a-Solution.jpg\" alt=\"1071 Heart Disease Prevention Alcohol Not a Solution\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 30px; float: right;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1071-Heart-Disease-Prevention-Alcohol-Not-a-Solution.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1071-Heart-Disease-Prevention-Alcohol-Not-a-Solution-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1071-Heart-Disease-Prevention-Alcohol-Not-a-Solution-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1071-Heart-Disease-Prevention-Alcohol-Not-a-Solution-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1071-Heart-Disease-Prevention-Alcohol-Not-a-Solution-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Despite widespread beliefs, there is no data supporting the idea that alcohol consumption protects against heart disease. According to WebMD, recent research challenges the notion that moderate drinking can be beneficial for heart health. Studies have failed to find any conclusive evidence that alcohol consumption has protective effects on the heart.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, drinking alcohol, even in moderation, can increase the risks of various heart-related issues such as high blood pressure, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. Health experts caution against using alcohol as a preventive measure for heart disease and instead recommend focusing on proven strategies like a healthy diet, regular exercise, and avoiding smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/heart-disease\/heart-disease-alcohol-your-heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&nbsp;WebMD<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite widespread beliefs, there is no data supporting the idea that alcohol consumption protects against heart disease. According to WebMD, recent research challenges the notion that moderate drinking can be beneficial for heart health. Studies have failed to find any conclusive evidence that alcohol consumption has protective effects on the heart. In fact, drinking alcohol, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dalgorno-monitoring-alcohol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}