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A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the wonders of chocolate and its potential health benefits.  Like a good pairing, today we review wine and it potential benefits with respect to cardiovascular disease.  Lots of interesting facts here:

 

Circulation. 2017 Oct 10; 136(15):1434-1448

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030387

 

Wine and Cardiovascular Health: A Comprehensive Review.

Haseeb S, Alexander B, Baranchuk A

 

Abstract

 

Alcoholic beverages have been consumed for thousands of years, attracting great human interest for social, personal, and religious occasions. In addition, they have long been debated to confer cardio-protective benefits.

 

The French Paradox is an observation of a low prevalence of ischemic heart disease, with high intakes of saturated fat, a phenomenon accredited to the consumption of red wine. Although many epidemiological investigations have supported this view, others have attributed it to beer or spirits, with many suggesting that the drink type is not important.

 

Although excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages is commonly regarded to be detrimental to cardiovascular health, there is a debate as to whether light-to-moderate intake is cardio-protective. Although there is extensive epidemiological support for this drinking pattern, a consensus has not been reached.

 

On the basis of published work, we describe the composition of wine and the effects of constituent polyphenols on chronic cardiovascular diseases.

 

© 2017 American Heart Association, Inc.

 

KEYWORDS:

French Paradox; alcohol drinking; myocardial ischemia; polyphenols; wine

 

PMID: 28993373

DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030387

 

 

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