Even One Alcoholic Drink Per Day Is Associated To Greater Blood Pressure.
Even in adults who do not have hypertension, routine alcohol consumption, even as little as one drink per day, is linked to higher blood pressure readings. When comparing drinkers to non-drinkers, those who consumed even one alcoholic beverage per day were more likely to have higher blood pressure, according to research published on Monday in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. According to a news release from senior study author Dr. Marco Vinceti, “we found no beneficial effects in adults who drank a low level of alcohol compared to those who did not drink alcohol.” We were startled to learn that drinking alcohol at a modest level was also associated with longer-term blood pressure changes compared to not drinking, however this was much less pronounced than the blood pressure increase reported in heavy drinkers. More than 19,000 adults in the US, Korea, and Japan provided data for the analysis. Because different countries have different sorts of beverages and am...