So 1 glass of wine per day is good for heart but anymore isn't

[theonethatgotaway1]

Study shows up to 1 glass a day of wine is great for the heart and helps prevents heart disease and malfunctions. Anymore than this and the positives will turn into negatives.

So drink up folks. 1 glass a day with your dinner. Merry Christmas

edition.cnn.com/2024/12/17/...

[Happyrosie]

cheers!

[Oldknees]

Oops I thought they said 1 bottle hic

[Taviterry]

The research confirms my own impression (FWIW) after checking a couple of years what I could reasonably drink. As it happens, I only buy a bottle of red wine when a friend visits, who has a half-glass as she's driving; I finish off the rest over four or five evenings.

A Polish friend has just given me for Christmas a bottle of something with an unintelligible label. Googling revealed that it's a "careful blend of grain vodka, rye and wheat cherry liqueur also contains juicy cherries ripened in sunny Polish orchards" of 28% proof. As with her previous present of a rum drink, I may pass it on to another friend.

[Lowerfield_no_more]

There are far more 'guidelines' about alcohol consumption limits than alcohol units in a case of wine, and they they are forever changing. There was an article in the Spectator about this about 4 years ago and I have linked to it below and this highlights the contradictions surrounding these limits. Guidelines only appear to be about reducing the possible risk associated with alcohol, and not certainty of a bad outcome, although the certainty surrounding the guidelines themselves can be questioned. My personal view is if you enjoy a glass or three of wine with a meal once, twice or four times a week then do it, as I do. If you enjoy it and it enhances the meal and your life don't feel guilty about it. However if I had a medical condition where alcohol had a definite identifiable adverse reaction as it does with some medication I wouldn't drink, simple. And if course don't drink and drive, which for me means no alcohol if I drive.

spectator.co.uk/article/the...

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Don't want to spoil the party but I think that is a slightly rose-tinted summary of the article, the theoretical benefits are largely confined to the flavinoids in red wine. Any other type of alcohol and I would be suspicious of wishful thinking.

[DWizza]

Blimey , what a cohort they studied “part of an ongoing Spanish study investigating the impact of a Mediterranean diet on people at risk for heart disease. The 1,232 participants in the current study had type 2 diabetes or risk factors such as smoking tobacco, high cholesterol and blood pressure, were overweight or obese and/or had a family history of heart disease.” Really , this group could only make improvements if they followed a Mediterranean diet. It’s not a meta study either. 4oz glass of wine and benefits lost if increased . It’s the benefits of a healthy lifestyle , not alcohol, that get the results . I think we all knew that anyway . Enjoy your tipple if you like it 🥂👊🏻👍🏻