Alcohol in moderation 'can help prevent heart disease'
 

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

And?

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

Old news.

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

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

Indeed.

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:

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

As old as the Bible.

"Moderation in all things, including moderation"
-Titus Petronius

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

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

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

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

A sober mind is a terrible thing.:woot:

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

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.

Bowl Cancer

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...tedBowl002.jpg

Don't risk it!

:O:

The studies change every other year..

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

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: