Staying active and drinking moderately is the key to a long life
9 January 2008People who drink moderate amounts of alcohol and are physically active have a lower risk of death from heart disease and other causes than people who don’t drink at all, according to new research. People who neither drink alcohol nor exercise have a 30-49 per cent higher risk of heart disease than those who either drink, exercise or both. The research, which was published in the European Heart Journal, is the first to look at the combined influence of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol intake on the risk of fatal ischaemic heart disease (a form of heart disease characterised by a reduced blood supply to the heart) and deaths from all causes.
From the paperThe combined influence of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol intake on fatal ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
Jane Østergaard Pedersen, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Peter Schnohr and Morten Grønbæk
Published in European Heart Journal , Advance Access, January 9th 2008
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