Drinking pint of beer a day linked to reduced risk of heart attack

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Drinking one pint a day has been linked to reduced risk of developing several serious heart conditions in new large-scale study. “But some people would say these people just tend to be more healthy and socially engaged, and that’s leading to lower levels of different types of heart disease than the drinking itself.” The research, published in the British Medical Journal, adds to already existing evidence that drinking alcohol within recommended limits may reduce the risk of developing heart disease. When compared to moderate drinking, not drinking at all was linked to increased risk of unstable angina, heart attack, sudden coronary death, heart failure, stroke caused by loss of blood flow, abdominal aneurysm and peripheral arterial disease. “This study confirms that alcohol produces different patterns of risk depending whether we are looking at, say, myocardial infarction or angina.” Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in the US said the study “sets the stage for ever larger and more sophisticated studies that will attempt to harness the flood of big data into a stream of useful, reliable, and unbiased findings”.