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Red wine, chocolate and vascular health: developing the evidence base
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Professor R Corder, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK; r.corder@qmul.ac.uk
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More than 30 years’ research have emphasised that lifestyle, exercise, diet and weight reduction are by far the most effective strategies to cut the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Alcohol consumption, as a protective habit, has attracted considerable attention. Meta-analyses have demonstrated consistently both protection from CHD and reductions in total mortality.1 2 In fact, moderate alcohol drinkers with a healthy diet who are not overweight have a reduced incidence of myocardial infarction compared with those with similar habits who abstain from alcohol.3 Regular moderate drinking of alcohol after acute myocardial infarction affords at least a similar level of protection from further events as drug treatment, and has also proved beneficial after coronary stenting.4–6
Wine has often been the preferred drink for those showing the greatest degree of protection, yet controversy has raged as to whether the benefits are from alcohol alone, or from other constituents of wine. Regular alcohol
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