Alcohol and Heart Disease WisdomCard™

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  1. Cleveland Clinic (via WebMD): Heart Disease: Alcohol and Your Heart webmd.com - Heart Disease: Alcohol and Your Heart
  2. Women's Heart Foundation: Alcohol and Heart Disease womensheartfoundation.org - Alcohol and Heart Disease
  3. American Heart Association: Alcohol, Wine and Cardiovascular Disease americanheart.org - Alcohol, Wine and Cardiovascular Disease
  4. Wikipedia: Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease en.wikipedia.org - Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease
  5. WebMD (via FoxNews): Alcohol: No Heart Benefit After All? foxnews.com - Alcohol: No Heart Benefit After All?
  6. San Francisco Chronicle: UCSF Points Out Flaw in Studies Tying Alcohol to Heart Health sfgate.com - UCSF Points Out Flaw in Studies Tying Alcohol to Heart Health
  7. eMedTV: Alcohol and Heart Disease heart-disease.emedtv.com - Alcohol and Heart Disease
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Research Notes on Alcohol and Heart Disease


Studies have shown that low to moderate alcohol consumption (no more than 2 drinks a day for men, 1 drink a day for women) may decrease the risk of coronary artery disease. Alcohol appears to have an antioxidant protective effect on the arteries. Alcohol also may increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good") cholesterol and may have a slight blood-thinning effect. Although these studies show that wine may be beneficial, the American Heart Association (AHA) states that the link between wine and reduced coronary artery disease has not been proven. Without a large-scale trial that focuses specifically on wine intake and its association with heart disease risk, the AHA urges individuals to talk to their doctors about the benefits and risks of drinking alcoholic beverages.

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