ALCOHOL, GOOD OR NOT FOR YOUR HEART?




Alcohol is one of commonest when it comes to social connection of people, engaging oneself in leisure etc. This has been deduced to have great side effect on the drinkers like hang over, liver and cardiovascular complications, but one will wonder why people still engage in it when they already know what are at stake.
                 Well, many people have been trying to know the extent to which alcohol could damage the body and by so doing, numerous researched have been going on. Recently, in recent study, it has just been reported that, to an extent, alcohol drinking could be beneficial to the body most especial the HEART. A recent study showed that light or moderate alcohol intake could be good for the heart. It went further defining moderate drinking being at the range of 0.6-0.8 fluid ounce per day, 17-23 ml(about 175 ml of wine glass). The study which was carried out by 155 researchers from UK, continental Europe, North America and Australia extracted and analysed their data about habit of drinking and health of the heart from 56 epidemiological studies covering about 260,000 European decent. Result showed that the lower alcohol consumers actually have averagely reduced risk, of 10%, of coronary heart disease, reduced blood pressure and Body Mass Index (BMI). It is further concluded that reduced acohol consumption, majorly from moderate to light, could even lead to IMPROVED cardiovascular health.
                   It is vivid now that too much of everything is not good, while average could even be beneficial rather than having no effect. We can create a better world and better living by just imbibing in the little habit. Take average of like 20 ml of alcohol per day and you’ll be good for the rest of your i.e if you have no other health complications. If you have, visit you physician promptly. YOU DESEARVE TO BE HAPPY…


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