Benefits and risks of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular disease : Current findings and controversies
Chiva-Blanch, Gemma (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Badimon, Lina (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Alcohol has a hormetic physiological behavior that results in either increased or decreased cardiovascular risk depending on the amount consumed, drinking frequency, pattern of consumption, and the outcomes under study or even the type of alcoholic beverage consumed. However, the vast majority of studies elucidating the role of alcohol in cardiovascular and in the global burden of disease relies on epidemiological studies of associative nature which carry several limitations. This is why the cardiovascular benefits of low-moderate alcohol consumption are being questioned and perhaps might have been overestimated. Thus, the aim of this review was to critically discuss the current knowledge on the relationship between alcohol intake and cardiovascular disease. Besides new evidence associating low and moderate alcohol consumption with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, several questions remain unanswered related to the concrete amount of safe consumption, the type of alcoholic beverage, and the age-, sex-, and genetic/ethnical-specific differences in alcohol consumption.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CB16/11/00411 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RD16/0011/0018
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Alcohol ; Beer ; Cardiovascular disease ; Cholesterol ; Hypertension ; Myocardial infarction ; Polyphenols ; Spirits ; Stroke ; Wine
Published in:	Nutrients, Vol. 12 Núm. 1 (january 2020) , p. 108, ISSN 2072-6643

DOI: 10.3390/nu12010108
PMID: 31906033

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