When it comes to booze, the general rule is everything in moderation – a little is all good, a lot is a bit of a no, no. But what, exactly, is way too much?
A new report in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging asked 4,466 elderly people about their alcohol consumption, and took echocardiograms of their hearts to identify changes to structure and function in relation to how much they drank each week.
The results? Unsurprisingly, the more booze consumed the more abnormalities appeared in the heart.
The hearts of men who drank more than two drinks per day, or 14 or more drinks a week, were slightly enlarged and weaker as a… Read the full story