Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies in humans. Appropriate analyses were done and the results are presented in a very clear fashion, although there was little discussion of the separate, independent effects of alcohol and polyphenols on risk factors.