A little wine

摘要

One of my friends never drank but now regularly has a glass or two of red wine to reduce his risk of heart disease - a logical response to reports of the French paradox in 1992 that suggested regular modest wine intake neutralised the cardiovascular risks of a high fat diet. But no, the latest advice from the Cancer Council Australia suggests he and the rest of us are perfect examples of my health news cohort theory (see December 2010 issue, p. 40). We have all been drip-fed a trickle of studies linking alcohol, especially red wine, to health benefits ever since the 1992 news from France, and it's now commonLy believed that we should take a little wine for our heart's sake.