Hypertension kills 11 million people yearly and affects a third of adults worldwide, half unknowingly. Moderate red wine may help cardiovascular health, but excessive means over 2 ounces of alcohol daily for men, over 1 ounce for women.
11 million deaths per year.
Roughly 1 in 3 adults.
50% (half) are unaware.
Over two ounces of alcohol per day.
Over one ounce of alcohol per day.
How big of a deal hypertension actually is.
You mentioned all those things that people look at and measure and try to sort of gain insights from. Arguably high blood pressure and hypertension is bigger than all of them combined. I don't even, I'm not even sure it's arguable. It is the number one preventable cause of death in the world by far causes 11 million deaths per year. Roughly 1 in 3 of the world's adults has high blood pressure. 50% of people don't even know that they have it. And so it is the number one sort of preventable chronic disease in the world.
There is some data that shows that a little bit of red wine has benefits for cardiovascular health.
Data shows that mild to moderate amounts of red wine in particular, as you mentioned, could have a potential beneficial effect. But then excessive amounts, which usually for a man means over two ounces a day. For a woman over one ounce of alcohol a day.
That'S not very much wine.
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