Red wine good for cancer patients
Posted 10-14-2008 at 01:29 PM by webycricky
Drinking red wine, but not white wine, may reduce lung cancer risk, especially among current and ex-smokers.
Previous studies examining the relationship between lung cancer and alcohol consumption have yielded mixed results. To investigate the association, researchers from California looked at 84,170 men aged between 45 and 69 years. During the follow-up of six years, 210 of them developed lung cancer. The researchers took factors like age, education, income, exposure to second-hand smoke, body weight, and other relevant factors into consideration.
It was found that lung cancer risk steadily decreased with red wine drinking, with a 2 percent drop seen with each additional glass of red wine a man drank per month. No other type of alcoholic beverage, including white wine, was associated with lower lung cancer risk. Further, for men who were heavy smokers, the reduction in risk was greater, with a 4 percent lower likelihood of developing lung cancer for each glass of red wine consumed per month.
The above findings reveal that people who had ever smoked and who drank at least a glass of red wine daily were 60 percent less likely to develop lung cancer than ever-smokers who didn't drink alcohol.
Since white wine didn't reduce the risk, the benefits of red wine could be due to compounds, such as resveratrol and flavonoids, rather than the healthier lifestyle associated with wine drinking.
Previous studies examining the relationship between lung cancer and alcohol consumption have yielded mixed results. To investigate the association, researchers from California looked at 84,170 men aged between 45 and 69 years. During the follow-up of six years, 210 of them developed lung cancer. The researchers took factors like age, education, income, exposure to second-hand smoke, body weight, and other relevant factors into consideration.
It was found that lung cancer risk steadily decreased with red wine drinking, with a 2 percent drop seen with each additional glass of red wine a man drank per month. No other type of alcoholic beverage, including white wine, was associated with lower lung cancer risk. Further, for men who were heavy smokers, the reduction in risk was greater, with a 4 percent lower likelihood of developing lung cancer for each glass of red wine consumed per month.
The above findings reveal that people who had ever smoked and who drank at least a glass of red wine daily were 60 percent less likely to develop lung cancer than ever-smokers who didn't drink alcohol.
Since white wine didn't reduce the risk, the benefits of red wine could be due to compounds, such as resveratrol and flavonoids, rather than the healthier lifestyle associated with wine drinking.
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