Background: Recommendations for moderate alcohol consumption remain controversial,
particularly in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Long-term randomized, controlled trials …

Nutrition plays an increasingly significant role in lifestyle strategies for cardiovascular
prevention. Foods and dietary patterns that encompass specific foods and beverages and …

Previous studies on the association between alcohol intake and the development of the
metabolic syndrome (MetS) have yielded inconsistent results. Besides, few studies have …

Euphorbia tirucalli, popularly known as “avelós”, is a toxic plant used as tea in Brazilian folk
medicine as an antibacterial, antiviral and anticarcinogenic agent. However, there is no …

Objectives: Red wine intake has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular
disease; its polyphenol content is the primary cause of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory …

Introduction Different alcoholic beverages exert different effects on inflammation and
oxidative stress but these results are controversial and scanty in some aspects. We analyze …

Background Although lifestyle is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular
diseases, there has been no sufficient evidence of lifestyles on incident chronic kidney …

The relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of cardiovascular disease has
now been studied for over fifty years, and confirmed in multiples case-controlled and cohort …

For decades it has been suggested that regular, moderate consumption of red wine, a major
component of the Mediterranean diet, at main meals may contribute to explaining the …

Preventing cardiovascular disease by lifestyle and therapeutic intervention is a broad topic,
about which an enormous amount of research has been conducted and published. This …