Red Wine Protects Ex-Smokers’ Lungs

Sixty percent!

The study found that each glass of red wine consumed during a month yields a two percent reduction in risk.

So, though it’s certainly better to have never puffed the noxious weed in the first place, that study is quite remarkable. But, what about drinking? that comparison applies to men who have ever been smokers, and includes current smokers, when they drink at least one glass of red wine each day.

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It’s funny how some things work out. Add in a little dark chocolate with your wine - for the antioxidants, of course - and you’ll be well on your way to a healthy, and happy, lifestyle.

To read more about the study, see that from Reuters. certain, by now at least, we all know that smoking is really not a good thing. OK, so we’ve known that

for a very distant moment. To read about some of the other health benefits of red wine, see that mold Yale-New Haven Hospital.

They controlled for several factors, including comparing the outcomes for those who drank white wine instead of red.

The numbers are stunning.

Let’s start with 60 percent. Well, though there’s been quite a bit of debate about that, red wine keeps popping up on everyone’s list of healthy choices.

Here’s one more reason to add red wine to your list - particularly whether you’re an ex-smoker.

Researchers recently studied by 80,000 men amidst 45 and 69 to assess the effect of red wine on lung cancer. Where does it fit on the continuum of healthy living? It’s a huge number, and it represents the decrease in the risk of contracting lung cancer for red wine drinkers versus tea-totallers.

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