Impact of different alcohol beverages on cardiovascular system

Wójcik Piotr, Sobczyk Maciej, Słaboń Małgorzata, Chyćko Małgorzata, Więsyk Piotr, Rogowska Monika, Tomczyk Jan, Oleksa Paulina, Sobczyk Mateusz. Impact of different alcohol beverages on cardiovascular system. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2021;11(9):434-439. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2021.11.09.056 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2021.11.09.056 https://zenodo.org/record/5521152 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2021; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.09.2021. Revised: 21.09.2021. Accepted: 22.09.2021. Impact of different alcohol beverages on cardiovascular system Piotr Wójcik, Maciej Sobczyk1, Małgorzata Słaboń1, Małgorzata Chyćko1, Piotr Więsyk1, Monika Rogowska1, Jan Tomczyk1, Paulina Oleksa1, Mateusz Sobczyk1 (1) Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Corresponding author: Piotr Wójcik; piotrek1444@gmail.com ORCID ID and e-mail: Piotr Wójcik: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-3701; piotrek1444@gmail.com Maciej Sobczyk: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-2413; maciejso@onet.pl Małgorzata Słaboń: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1627-8878; malgorzata.slabon17@gmail.com Małgorzata Chyćko: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1515-6038; malgorzatachycko@gmail.com Piotr Więsyk: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6785-6741; piotrwiesyk@gmail.com Monika Rogowska: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-3701; m.rogowska98@gmail.com Jan Tomczyk: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1034-3819; jantomczyk8@gmail.com Paulina Oleksa: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-6156; gp.oleksa@gmail.com Mateusz Sobczyk: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8690-2387; m.sobczyk1777@gmail.com Abstract Introduction: Alcohol is one of the most widely-used stimulants. It’s easily accessible, most socially accepted and usually not associated with potential harm it can do. Except for its addictive effect, it has a strong influence on humane systems. In this analysis the influence of alcohol on the cardiovascular system will be examined. As it is not obvious whether alcohol usage should be only associated with harmful impact on cardiac activity, different types of alcoholic beverages should be examined. In this work three different sub-groups will be analyzed. They were selected and divided by the beverage type and percentage as follows: beer, wine, high percentage liquors. As the majority of studies show, it’s important to underline the significance of not only the alcohol percentage implied, but mostly of the alcohol type. In favor of alcoholic beverages are only studies analyzing beverages containing low levels of alcohol, but abundant in other organic substances like resveratrol (in wine). Other studies considering other beverages, nonetheless of alcohol levels, diminishing effect on the cardiovascular (and other) systems is observed. Material and methods: An analysis of scientific papers from Pubmed Google Scholar was performed, wchoch most accurately described the issue of diffrent type of alcohol bevereage on human health. The following keywords were used in search: alcohol, cardiovascular, wine, beer, spirits. Purpose of the work: Aim of the following analysis is to systematize the knowledge based on latest research and findings about the impact of different alcohol beverages on cardiovascular system. Keywords: Cardiovascular; alcohol; wine; beer; spirit