Alcohol in moderation 'can help prevent heart disease'

[Gerald]

An alcoholic drink a day can help keep heart disease at bay, according to a review of 30 years of research.

The work, published in the British Medical Journal, showed a 14% to 25% reduction in heart disease in moderate drinkers compared with people who had never drunk alcohol.

Another article, by the same Canadian research group, showed alcohol increased "good" cholesterol levels.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12531837

Note: 23 February 2011 Last updated at 01:20 GMT

[Tribesman]

And?

[Betonov]

Makes sense
Alcohol expands the blood vessels so it eases the strain on the heart and it looks like (article wise) it lowers cholesterol

Keep it moderate folks, a woman and a glass of wine and not a drunken buddy and a bottle of vodka

[Dowly]

Old news.

[Gerald]

Sure it is old news, and that means concretely that it is preferred to prevent postings of this nature, :hmmm:

[the_tyrant]

Dowly doesn't need scientists to tell him alcohol is good, he can speak from experience!

[Dowly]

Indeed.

[Rilder]

A lot of stuff usually considered bad for you can be good in moderation.

Alcohol, Dark Chocolate, Marijuana(If not smoked), Masturbation, etc etc.

[joea]

A lot of stuff usually considered bad for you can be good in moderation.

Alcohol, Dark Chocolate, Marijuana(If not smoked), Masturbation, etc etc.

Depends how you define moderation. :O:

[Dowly]

Depends how you define moderation. :O:

As Neil, 21, here demonstrates, 1 glass a day. :smug:
http://www.silvermusic.tv/images/neil_big_glass.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Old news.
As old as the Bible.

Depends how you define moderation. :O:
"Moderation in all things, including moderation"
-Titus Petronius

[Jimbuna]

As Neil, 21, here demonstrates, 1 glass a day. :smug:
http://www.silvermusic.tv/images/neil_big_glass.jpg

Well, it looks like I'll be living forever :DL

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

[Takeda Shingen]

Dowly doesn't need scientists to tell him alcohol is good, he can speak from experience!

Yeah. It's the moderation part he has a hard time with.

[bookworm_020]

Everyone has a different idea on moderation!:()1:

[yubba]

A sober mind is a terrible thing.:woot:

[Castout]

Anything that can reduce tension or stress will be good for the heart. Just as simple as that.

[STEED]

All these studies are boll*cks!

I saw one that said that one drop of alcohol was bad for you. Red wine good no bad no good back to bad and so on. Only here in the UK we had two reports that came out on red meat, the one on Saturday said it was good for you and eat what you want. Then on Sunday another study said eating red meat was bad for you and you run the risk of bowel cancer.

All this comes down to is confuse people or get them angry while these people who make these reports make a bucket of money.

I say this, up yours.

[frau kaleun]

All these studies are boll*cks!
Only here in the UK we had two reports that came out on red meat, the one on Saturday said it was good for you and eat what you want. Then on Sunday another study said eating red meat was bad for you and you run the risk of bowl cancer.

Bowl Cancer

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/Maneir/Oops/MeltedBowl002.jpg

Don't risk it!

:O:

[Armistead]

The studies change every other year..

We probably should be more worried about the water we drink than the alcohol.

[Gerald]

A few years ago it was dangerous to drink milk as an example,so it takes everything in moderation and reason, so you can go far....even if a beer or whiskey go down better :O:

[joea]

All these studies are boll*cks!

I saw one that said that one drop of alcohol was bad for you. Red wine good no bad no good back to bad and so on. Only here in the UK we had two reports that came out on red meat, the one on Saturday said it was good for you and eat what you want. Then on Sunday another study said eating red meat was bad for you and you run the risk of bowel cancer.

All this comes down to is confuse people or get them angry while these people who make these reports make a bucket of money.

I say this, up yours.

:yeah: Yup I trust common-sense.

If only I could find some. :06:

[Sailor Steve]

:yeah: Yup I trust common-sense.

If only I could find some. :06:
I had some once.

I sold it for a new guitar.

[Gerald]

It was a good reason,may I say

[kiwi_2005]

Red Wine is good for the heart.

But I think the biggest killer for the heart is worry. My father drank red wine, with his meals, use to cut the fat of meat before cooking it, if he wasn't eating meat he was eating fish, never smoked cigarettes, drank in moderation and was fit as a fiddle ( not overweight ). But he was a worrier use to worry about everything, the cows, if it didn't rain during summer he worried the cows would starve cause of no grass, worry worry worry. In his 60's he had 3 heart attacks in a 3yr period survived them all only to die in his 70s in his sleep. But doctors asked him if he was a smoker as his heart condition was that of a long term smoker.

Don't worry be happy. Your live longer :)

[Gargamel]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

[Weiss Pinguin]

:yeah: Yup I trust common-sense.
But only in moderation.

[krashkart]

Well, it looks like I'll be living forever :DL

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif


:D

http://www.boulderjewishfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pickle.jpg



Oddly enough, that graphic of yours looks a lot a guy that used to live across the hall from me. :)

[Jimbuna]

:D

http://www.boulderjewishfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pickle.jpg



Oddly enough, that graphic of yours looks a lot a guy that used to live across the hall from me. :)

So what does this graphic symbolise/remind you of? :o

[krashkart]

So what does this graphic symbolise/remind you of? :o


I was trying to make a joke about being "pickled" and it didn't work.

[Reece]

My father had a glass of wine every night and died of a massive heart attack at the age of 53.:cry: When your time is up it is up!:oops:

[Gerald]

My father had a glass of wine every night and died of a massive heart attack at the age of 53.:cry: When your time is up it is up!:oops: Sorry to hear that Reece :nope:

[Reece]

Sorry to hear that Reece :nope:
Yeh he was cut down pretty early, had a very hard life!:doh:
Thanks.:yep:
Picture whilst in the navy, Darwin Australia during WWII.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Dad.jpg

[Gerald]

Yeh he was cut down pretty early, had a very hard life!:doh:
Thanks.:yep:
Picture whilst in the navy, Darwin Australia during WWII.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Dad.jpg :salute:

[Jimbuna]

My father had a glass of wine every night and died of a massive heart attack at the age of 53.:cry: When your time is up it is up!:oops:

Rgr that mate...I lost mine at 86 years of age...you think they'll be with you forever but before you know it your heading for the front of the queue..my condolences ( without a slice of spam) as I'm confident you'll realise :03:

[Reece]

Rgr that mate...I lost mine at 86 years of age...you think they'll be with you forever but before you know it your heading for the front of the queue..my condolences ( without a slice of spam) as I'm confident you'll realise :03::yep::up: