Re: RESEARCH - Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy-Question!

[Guest guest]

This is from the distant past (15-20 yrs) as I don't drink at all

now, but I seem to recall if I drank red wine, that would just about

guarantee a bad flare, or best case scenario, swollen hands, feet,

stiff joints, etc. White wines did not seem to affect my joints as

much, which may be a good argument for a nice chardonnay? Falls Creek

used to make a lovely pinot grigio. <sigh> I even think I read some

medical journals back then that mentioned the darker wines having

that effect on arthritis. Something about the tannins, maybe??

For those of you who can indulge, have one for me. Slainte!

Jane

> Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>

> Wine, but Not Beer or Liquor, May Help Hearts Keep a Good Beat

>

>

>

> By Warner

> WebMD Medical News Reviewed By , MD

> on Monday, February 14, 2005

>

> Feb. 14, 2005 -- Drinking wine may help women fight heart disease

by keeping

> their hearts beating to a healthy rhythm.

>

> Although many studies have shown that drinking wine can reduce the

risk of

> heart disease, researchers are still trying to figure out how wine

does

> that.

>

> In this study, researchers found that women with heart disease who

drank

> wine had increased heart rate variability, which is a marker of the

changes

> in time intervals between heartbeats. Decreased heart rate

variability has

> been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and death.

>

> Researchers say together with wine's healthy effect on cholesterol

levels,

> this effect on heart rate variability may be another reason why

drinking

> wine reduces the risk of heart disease and heart-related death.

>

>

>

> Wine Better Than Beer?

>

> In the study, which appears in the current issue of the journal

Heart,

> researchers studied 102 women under age 75 who had survived a heart

attack

> or heart surgery to clear blocked arteries. During their recovery

period,

> the participants were asked to record how much and what kind of

alcohol they

> drank.

>

> One year later, researchers used a heart monitor to measure the

women's

> heart activity over a 24-hour period as they went through their

normal daily

> activities.

>

> The study showed that heart rate variability was highest among

women who

> drank at least half a glass of wine per day and lowest among women

who drank

> no alcohol at all.

>

> Researchers also found drinking beer or liquor didn't significantly

affect

> heart rate variability.

>

> The study showed that wine's beneficial effects on heart rate

variability

> remained significant even after accounting for other risk factors

associated

> with heart disease, such as age, weight, and smoking.

>

> SOURCE: Janszky, I. Heart, Feb. 15, 2005; vol 91: 314-318.

>

> http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105851.htm

>

>

>

>

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[Guest guest]

This is from the distant past (15-20 yrs) as I don't drink at all

now, but I seem to recall if I drank red wine, that would just about

guarantee a bad flare, or best case scenario, swollen hands, feet,

stiff joints, etc. White wines did not seem to affect my joints as

much, which may be a good argument for a nice chardonnay? Falls Creek

used to make a lovely pinot grigio. <sigh> I even think I read some

medical journals back then that mentioned the darker wines having

that effect on arthritis. Something about the tannins, maybe??

For those of you who can indulge, have one for me. Slainte!

Jane

> Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>

> Wine, but Not Beer or Liquor, May Help Hearts Keep a Good Beat

>

>

>

> By Warner

> WebMD Medical News Reviewed By , MD

> on Monday, February 14, 2005

>

> Feb. 14, 2005 -- Drinking wine may help women fight heart disease

by keeping

> their hearts beating to a healthy rhythm.

>

> Although many studies have shown that drinking wine can reduce the

risk of

> heart disease, researchers are still trying to figure out how wine

does

> that.

>

> In this study, researchers found that women with heart disease who

drank

> wine had increased heart rate variability, which is a marker of the

changes

> in time intervals between heartbeats. Decreased heart rate

variability has

> been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and death.

>

> Researchers say together with wine's healthy effect on cholesterol

levels,

> this effect on heart rate variability may be another reason why

drinking

> wine reduces the risk of heart disease and heart-related death.

>

>

>

> Wine Better Than Beer?

>

> In the study, which appears in the current issue of the journal

Heart,

> researchers studied 102 women under age 75 who had survived a heart

attack

> or heart surgery to clear blocked arteries. During their recovery

period,

> the participants were asked to record how much and what kind of

alcohol they

> drank.

>

> One year later, researchers used a heart monitor to measure the

women's

> heart activity over a 24-hour period as they went through their

normal daily

> activities.

>

> The study showed that heart rate variability was highest among

women who

> drank at least half a glass of wine per day and lowest among women

who drank

> no alcohol at all.

>

> Researchers also found drinking beer or liquor didn't significantly

affect

> heart rate variability.

>

> The study showed that wine's beneficial effects on heart rate

variability

> remained significant even after accounting for other risk factors

associated

> with heart disease, such as age, weight, and smoking.

>

> SOURCE: Janszky, I. Heart, Feb. 15, 2005; vol 91: 314-318.

>

> http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105851.htm

>

>

>

>

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org