Alcohol Consumption Lowers Heart Disease Risk?

In Spain, a recent study was conducted dealing with drinking alcohol and its relationship with heart disease. The study included more than 41,000 adults, and the results showed that any regular drinking of alcohol lowers the risk of serious heart disease by about a third in men.

According to the research, the type of alcohol men drink doesn’t matter, and over a period of 10 years, moderate drinkers to those who drank high levels of alcohol had a lower risk of coronary heart disease than those who drank little to no alcohol.

Interesting enough, former drinkers lowered their risk by 10 percent and people that drink about 0-5 grams a day lowered their risk by 35 percent! The drinkers who consumed between 5 and 30 grams a day reduced their risk by 54 percent.

Globally, Spain is ranked third in beer and wine production and sixth in alcohol consumption, but they have one the lowest death rate from coronary heart disease.