Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the wonders of chocolate and its potential health benefits.  Like a good pairing, today we review wine and it potential benefits with respect to cardiovascular disease.  Lots of interesting facts here:   Circulation. 2017 Oct 10; 136(15):1434-1448 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030387   Wine and Cardiovascular Health: A Comprehensive Review. Haseeb S, Alexander B, Baranchuk A   Abstract   Alcoholic beverages have been consumed for thousands of years, attracting great human interest for social, personal, and religious occasions. In addition, they have long been debated to confer cardio-protective benefits.   The French Paradox is an observation of a low prevalence of ischemic heart disease, with high intakes of saturated fat, a phenomenon accredited to the consumption of red wine. Although many epidemiological investigation