{"id":2267,"date":"2010-11-15T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/need-rehab-for-a-bypass-have-a-drink.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:19:29","slug":"need-rehab-for-a-bypass-have-a-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2267","title":{"rendered":"Need Rehab for a Bypass? Have a drink."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: medium;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TOGC-Y_BUrI\/AAAAAAAACyA\/JyJ3WNETgVw\/s1600\/WineDrink.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-opt-id=894240810  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TOGC-Y_BUrI\/AAAAAAAACyA\/JyJ3WNETgVw\/s320\/WineDrink.jpg?resize=320%2C232\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to this study, people who had <i><b>heart bypass surgery<\/b><\/i> and consumed about two drinks a day afterward had fewer subsequent cardiovascular procedures than those who abstained.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">They topped the tea-<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 25px;\">totalers<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">&nbsp;in health!!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In fact, light alcohol consumption was associated with a 25% reduction in additional heart procedures, heart attacks or strokes.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;The benefit of light amounts of alcohol consumption has been documented in healthy individuals, but our analysis showed a benefit from light alcohol intake in post-coronary bypass patients,&#8221; said Dr. Umberto Benedetto, of the University of Rome La Sapienza.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Heavy drinkers, however, were twice as likely to die from heart problems, the study found.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6AD2GB20101114\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bypass patients can benefit from a few drinks: study | Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" style=\"border: 0;\" width=\"125\" \/><\/a>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this study, people who had heart bypass surgery and consumed about two drinks a day afterward had fewer subsequent cardiovascular procedures than those who abstained. 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