Wine intake and diet in a random sample of 48763 Danish men and women

Tjønneland, Anne; Grønbæk, Morten; Stripp, Connie; Overvad, Kim

doi:10.1093/ajcn/69.1.49

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“…In contrast, other investigations conducted outside the Mediterranean area, such as the United States or Northern Europe have reported that wine drinkers tended to adopt healthier dietary patterns (Tjønneland et al, 1999;Barefoot et al, 2002;McCann et al, 2003). In the American study, wine drinkers reported eating more fruit and vegetables and fewer servings of red or fried meats (Barefoot et al, 2002).…”

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“…Similarly published data from a western New York study showed that wine drinkers tended to consume more fruits, vegetables, and grains, and somewhat lower amounts of meats (McCann et al, 2003). In a Danish study wine drinkers tended to have a higher intake of fruits, fish, vegetables, salads and to be more likely to use olive oil for cooking (Tjønneland et al, 1999). Nevertheless, in the aforementioned countries wine is an expensive alcoholic beverage which is bought by individuals belonging to higher socioeconomic levels who are more likely to have healthier dietary practices (Marques-Vidal et al, 2000;Mortensen et al, 2001;Barefoot et al, 2002;McCann et al, 2003;Nielsen et al, 2004;Ruidavets et al, 2004).…”

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“…Hence, part of the beneficial effect of wine consumption on health may be due to the healthier dietary habits of wine drinkers (Kesse et al, 2001). In a Danish study, wine drinking compared to other alcoholic beverages was associated with a higher intake of fruit, fish, cooked vegetables, salad and olive oil (Tjønneland et al, 1999). A cross-sectional study from a large American cohort showed that wine drinkers had healthier diets than did those who preferred beer or spirits or had no preference (Barefoot et al, 2002).…”

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Alcoholic beverage preference and dietary pattern in Spanish university graduates: the SUN cohort study

Alcácera¹,

Marques-Lopes²,

Fajó-Pascual³

et al. 2007

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: To describe the association between alcohol beverage preference and dietary habits comparing wine drinkers with other alcoholic beverage drinkers and with nondrinkers in Spanish university graduates. Subjects: A total of 10 526 men and women, who were recruited using mailed questionnaires, participated in this study. Methods: A semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire previously validated in Spain was used together with other questionnaires designed to collect lifestyle characteristics. Results: Wine drinkers reported higher intake of fibre and olive oil, and lower consumption of fat (only men), dairy products, sugared soda drinks and fast food as compared with other alcoholic beverage groups and nondrinkers. Men nondrinkers were more likely to be physically active during their leisure time than wine drinkers. No relevant differences were found in adherence to the Mediterranean food pattern according to alcoholic beverage preference. Conclusion: This similarity in dietary patterns between wine drinkers and other groups suggests that the positive cardiovascular effects reported for wine should not be attributed to an overall healthier dietary pattern of wine drinkers.

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Alcoholic beverage preference and dietary pattern in Spanish university graduates: the SUN cohort study

Alcácera¹,

Marques-Lopes²,

Fajó-Pascual³

et al. 2007

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…Wine itself appears to add an independent CV benefit to this diet (Grønbaek et al, 2000). However, despite reports indicating that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption reduces both CV mortality (Thun et al, 1997) and the risk of stroke (Berger et al, 1999), wine drinking also has been related to the intake of healthier diets (Tjonneland et al, 1999) and other advantageous lifestyle characteristics (Wannamethee & Shaper, 1999), to which CV benefits are attributed. Thus, the health benefits of phenolic acids and polyphenols contained in red wine may be indiscernible in populations that ingest large amounts of fruit and vegetables, whereas these benefits could be distinctly apparent in populations with relatively low intakes of these kinds of foods (de Lorgeril et al, 1999).…”

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Mediterranean diet, but not red wine, is associated with beneficial changes in primary haemostasis

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Objective: (1) To compare the effect of an alcohol-free Mediterranean-type diet (MD) and a high-fat diet (HFD) on variables of primary haemostasis (bleeding time, plasma von Willebrand factor and platelet aggregation=secretion). (2) To test whether red wine supplementation modified these variables, independently of the diet. Design, subjects and intervention: Controlled prospective intervention study. Two groups, each consisting of 21 healthy male university students (22 AE 3.4 y), received either MD or HFD during 90 days. Between days 30 and 60, both diets were supplemented with 240 ml=day of red wine. Baseline (T0) and T30, T60 and T90-day samples were drawn. Bleeding time was measured before (day 30) and after (day 60) wine supplementation. No drop out from the study was experienced. Setting: University campus and outpatient nutrition clinic. Results: All baseline (day 0) variables did not differ significantly between study groups. On day 30, individuals on MD had significantly higher levels of plasma b-carotene, folate, ascorbate, and eicosapentaenoic acid in plasma lipid fractions, than those on HFD. Total plasma cholesterol, HDL and LDL did not change significantly in either study group at any time point. After 30 days on each diet, individuals on MD had longer bleeding time (BT) than those on HFD (7.6 AE 2.8 vs 5.8 AE 1.7 min; P ¼ 0.017). BT did not change significantly after I month of wine supplementation (7.1 AE 2.0 vs 5.5 AE 2.0 min, respectively). Plasma von Willebrand factor (vWF : Ag) on day 0 was 89 AE 40 and 111 AE 70% in MD and HFD groups, respectively (P ¼ 0.21). These values did not change significantly at 30, 60 or 90 days. MD intake was associated with an increase in platelet serotonin secretion (P ¼ 0.02) and a marginal increase in platelet aggregation after stimulation with epinephrine (P ¼ 0.07). Wine intake resulted in a marginal decrease in platelet 14 C-5-HT secretion with 4 mM ADP (P ¼ 0.07). However, both platelet aggregation and secretion were consistently increased when using collagen as agonist (1 and 2 mg=ml, P ¼ 0.01). Conclusion: The longer BT in individuals on MD, obtained independently of red wine, denotes less interaction of platelets with the vascular wall, which could be beneficial from the point of view of cardiovascular (CV) risk. This effect is not explained by changes in the measured haemostatic determinants of BT (plasma vWF, ex vivo platelet function), and might be attributed to other as yet unknown vascular factors. Moderate consumption of red wine results in a significant increase in ex vivo platelet aggregation and secretion after stimulation with collagen. This observation contradicts previous reports, although further studies are required to elucidate the influence of this finding on CV risk.

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“…For instance, moderate drinkers tend to smoke less than other groups (Marques-Vidal et al, 1995), while hypertension control is inversely related to alcohol consumption (Lang et al, 1987). In addition, wine-drinking populations tend to have a healthier diet than those which consume other alcoholic beverages (Evans et al, 1995;Tjùnneland et al, 1999), whereas the bingeing style of drinking beer has been associated with a higher risk of death from any cause (including cardiovascular disease; Kozarevic et al, 1983;Kauhanen et al, 1997).…”

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Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland. The PRIME Study

Marques‐Vidal

Arveiler

et al. 2000

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: To assess the patterns of alcohol consumption in France and Northern Ireland. Design: Four cross-sectional studies. Setting: Sample of 50 ± 59 y old men living in France and Northern Ireland, consuming at least one unit of alcoholic beverage per week. Subjects: 5363 subjects from France and 1367 from Northern Ireland. Interventions: None. Results: Consumption of wine was higher in France whereas consumption of beer and spirits was higher in Northern Ireland. Alcohol drinking was rather homogeneous throughout the week in France, whereas Fridays and Saturdays accounted for 60% of total alcohol consumption in Northern Ireland. In both countries, current smokers had a higher consumption of all types of alcoholic beverages than non-smokers. Similarly, obese and hypertensive subjects had a higher total alcohol consumption than non-obese or normotensive subjects, but the type of alcoholic beverages differed between countries. In Northern Ireland, subjects which reported some physical activity consumed signi®cantly less alcoholic beverages than sedentary subjects, whereas no differences were found in France. Conversely, subjects with dyslipidemia consumed more alcoholic beverages than

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Wine intake and diet in a random sample of 48763 Danish men and women

Abstract: Wine drinking is associated with an intake of a healthy diet. This finding may have implications for the interpretation of previous reports of the relation between type of alcoholic beverage and mortality.

Cited by 250 publications

References 20 publications

Alcoholic beverage preference and dietary pattern in Spanish university graduates: the SUN cohort study

Alcoholic beverage preference and dietary pattern in Spanish university graduates: the SUN cohort study

Mediterranean diet, but not red wine, is associated with beneficial changes in primary haemostasis

Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland. The PRIME Study

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