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A Mediterranean diet (that emphasizes olive oil, fiber, fruits, vegetables, fish and alcohol and reduces meat/meat products) can be an effective measure for reducing the risk of myocardial infarction.

Pubmed Data : Antiviral Res. 2005 Apr;66(1):9-12. PMID: 12242583
Article Published Date : Apr 01, 2005
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9), Fiber : CK(484) : AC(70), Fish : CK(241) : AC(21), Fruit: All : CK(1836) : AC(472), Olive : CK(401) : AC(97), Olive Oil : CK(79) : AC(14), Vegetables: All : CK(551) : AC(69)
Diseases : Myocardial Infarction : CK(2632) : AC(117)
Therapeutic Actions : Dietary Modification: Mediterranean Diet : CK(500) : AC(58)
Additional Keywords : Risk Reduction : CK(1909) : AC(196)

Beer, vodka and especially red wine prevent oxygen-induced oxidative stress associated with arterial stiffness.

Pubmed Data : Atherosclerosis. 2011 Jul 12. Epub 2011 Jul 12. PMID: 21803358
Article Published Date : Jul 12, 2011
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9), Beer : CK(37) : AC(8), Red Wine Extract : CK(59) : AC(25)
Diseases : Arterial Hardening: Elasticity : CK(128) : AC(17), Hyperoxia : CK(10) : AC(1)
Pharmacological Actions : Vasodilator Agents : CK(262) : AC(54)

Ethanol is the dominant anti-aggregatory component of wine.

Pubmed Data : Clin Chim Acta. 1996 Mar 15;246(1-2):163-82. PMID: 8814965
Article Published Date : Mar 15, 1996
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9)
Diseases : Thrombosis : CK(657) : AC(74)
Pharmacological Actions : Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors : CK(173) : AC(37)

In a population of men with hypertension moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk for heart attack but not with risks for cardiac mortality or all-cause mortality. .

Pubmed Data : Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jan 2;146(1):10-9. PMID: 17200217
Article Published Date : Jan 02, 2007
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9)
Diseases : Cardiovascular Diseases : CK(5138) : AC(641), Hypertension : CK(2783) : AC(271), Mortality: All-Cause : CK(644) : AC(55), Myocardial Infarction : CK(2632) : AC(117)
Pharmacological Actions : Antihypertensive Agents : CK(196) : AC(38)

Light to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower atherosclerotic burden of aortic plaque.

Pubmed Data : Atherosclerosis. 2011 Aug 16. Epub 2011 Aug 16. PMID: 21885050
Article Published Date : Aug 16, 2011
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9)
Diseases : Aortic Plaques : CK(102) : AC(9), Atherosclerosis : CK(523) : AC(77), Stroke: Ischemic : CK(54) : AC(5)
Pharmacological Actions : Cardioprotective : CK(702) : AC(196)

Moderate coffee and alcohol consumption improves the estrogen metabolite profile in adjuvant treated breast cancer patients.

Pubmed Data : Mol Genet Metab. 2006 Dec ;89(4):381-9. Epub 2006 Sep 15. PMID: 16978896
Article Published Date : Dec 01, 2006
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9), Coffee : CK(442) : AC(65)
Diseases : Breast Cancer : CK(2372) : AC(660), Estrogen Dysregulation: 2/4/16 hydroxyestrone ratios : CK(40) : AC(9)
Additional Keywords : Drug: Tamoxifen : CK(380) : AC(57)

The consumption of fish, carrots, green vegetables and fresh fruit and moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk fo heart attack in women.

Pubmed Data : Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2003 Jan-Feb;19(1):69-75. PMID: 2322737
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2003
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9), Carrot : CK(34) : AC(10), Fish : CK(241) : AC(21), Fruit: All : CK(1836) : AC(472), Vegetables: All : CK(551) : AC(69)
Diseases : Myocardial Infarction : CK(2632) : AC(117)
Additional Keywords : Risk Reduction : CK(1909) : AC(196)

Wine drinking in patients with coronary heart disease is associated with higher marine omega-3 concentrations than no alcohol use.

Pubmed Data : Am Heart J. 2008 Jan;155(1):175-81. Epub 2007 Sep 27. PMID: 18082510
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2008
Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9), Fish Oil : CK(615) : AC(95), Wine : CK(132) : AC(35)
Diseases : Coronary Artery Disease : CK(1305) : AC(136)

Moderate ethanol and quercetin, the two major components of red wine, exhibit cardioprotective properties via the up-regulation of the antiatherogenic gene PON1.

Pubmed Data : Genes Nutr. 2009 Dec 13. PMID: 20012900
Article Published Date : Dec 13, 2009
Study Type : Animal Study
Additional Links
Substances : Alcohol : CK(82) : AC(9), Quercetin : CK(318) : AC(136), Red Wine Extract : CK(59) : AC(25)
Diseases : Cardiovascular Diseases : CK(5138) : AC(641)
Pharmacological Actions : Cardioprotective : CK(702) : AC(196)
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