Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Exercise and alcohol fights heart disease

A few drinks a day and exercise limit heart disease Reuters/YahooNews
2008.01.09
"...People who neither drink nor exercise have a 30 to 49 percent higher risk of heart disease than people who do one or both of the activities, the researchers said in the European Heart Journal...The main finding is there seems to be an additional beneficial effect of drinking one to two drinks per day and doing at least moderate physical activity...Several major studies have found that light to moderate drinking -- up to two drinks a day on a regular basis -- is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, and some have also found this leads to a lower risk of some cancers...teetotallers who exercised at least moderately were able to reduce their risk of heart disease, an important finding for people who abstain because of religious beliefs or other health issues such as pregnancy, the researchers said. People who had the lowest risk of dying from any cause were physically active, moderate drinkers while those at highest risk were the physically inactive, heavy drinkers, the study found..."

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