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Women and the Aging Heart - Ozone Therapies

[fa icon="calendar'] May 27, 2015 12:56:00 PM / by Dr. Isadora Guggenheim

Alcohol and the aging female heart - Second Nature Care

You know this woman. You and your gal pals go out for drinks and laughs each week. Your doctor told you that drinking alcohol is cardioprotective, right? Let's review a recent large imaging study from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to examine moderate alcohol use in 4500 mainly white, 60 % women and average age 76 to be sure . . .

We know that excessive alcohol consumption is associated with cardiomyopathy in both sexes. 

Some interesting facts from this study:

  • Nondrinkers were likely to be women with higher body mass index
  • Nondrinkers of both genders were older, had lower education levels and lower incomes
  • Nondrinkers were more likely to be diabetic, have lower LDL's (lower-density lipoproteins), lower HDL's and higher triglycerides to HDL ratios
  • Drinkers who had more than 14 drinks per week were more likely to be frequent smokers.  They had higher LDL's and HDL's. 
  • Hypertension was more frequent among nondrinkers and in drinkers who consumed more than 14 drinks per week. Check your lead levels.  The underlying cause of hypertension and alcoholism. 
  • Drinkers had larger left ventricular valve openings and closings and larger left atrial diameter.
  • Female drinkers had lower left ventricular ejection fraction. 
Despite your doctor telling you to have a couple of glasses of wine with dinner, this study found that women are more susceptible than men to the cardiotoxic effects from alcohol.  In aging women who have lower estrogen levels alcohol did affect cardiac structure and function. New guidelines suggest that women should be limited to one glass of alcohol per day. 
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Topics: Ozone and Prolozone therapies, Heart Health, Women's Health

Isadora Guggenheim, ND, FNP, RN, MS, CNS, LMT, owner of Second Nature Naturopathic Care, LLC
For all appointments: Tel: 845 358-8385 Fax: 845 358-2963 drguggenheim@msn.com