Epidemiological Association of Wine Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Do Epidemiological Data Support a Role for

Data regarding the incidence of coronary heart disease(CHD) in different populations have generated a series of hypotheses that protective substances in the diet may counteract the harmful effects of high-cholesterol, high-saturated-fat diets. One such potential food substance is wine, especially red wine. The purpose of this advisory is to summarize the current literature on wine intake and cardio-vascular disease. As stated in a previous advisory on alcohol and CHD,1 recommendations for use of a nonessential dietary component with significant health hazards require definitive evidence of benefit. Although population surveys and in vitro experiments show that wine may have limited beneficial effects, more compelling data exist for other less-hazardous approaches to cardiovascular risk reduction