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Drink for a healthy heart

A report published in the recent issue of British Medical Journal, researchers from Holland describe correlation between alcohol drinking and coronary heart disease. Their observations can be summarised in one line as done on WebMD:

"The more women drink -- and the more often men drink -- the healthier their hearts."

These benefitial effects are only seen in middle-aged and older individuals. In younger people with healthy hearts, the harmful effects of alcohol on other organs outweigh the heart benefits.

As one gets older, they should start drinking more and more for better coronary health. According to the study: "women, who drink 14 drinks or more per week and men, who drink 21 or more drinks per week and drink every day had the lowest risk of heart disease."

Currently, I average around 1-2 drinks per week. I have a long way to go to catch upto 3 drinks per day. Hopefully, I am still young and have quite a few years to get upto that level. Also, women with 2 drinks per day and men with 3 drinks per day... they will have healthy hearts but, can't imagine how many car accidents result from this.