The Article, Timing And Type Of Alcohol Consumption And...

In the article, Timing and Type of Alcohol Consumption and the Metabolic Syndrome by Bruna Angelo Vieira, Vivian Cristine Luft, Maria Inà ªs Schmidt, Lloyd Ellwood Chambless, Dora Chor, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Bruce BartholowDuncan, it discussed the correlation between alcohol consumption and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is the clustering of risk factors that predict the chances of having cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. These risk factors include obesity, hyperglycemia, hypertension, and etc. According to the abstract, metabolic syndrome is a rising problem throughout the world. This condition correlates with many lifestyle choices and factors. However, its relationship with alcohol intake was unclear, therefore the purpose of this research was to determine if there is a correlation between alcohol intake and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. The researchers investigated â€Å"interactions between the quantity of alcohol, the timing of its consumption with respect to meals, and the predominant beverage type in the association of alcohol consumption with the metabolic syndrome (et al.).† The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health, which is an adult health study to investigate diabetes and cardiovascular disease, was used for this research. The researchers used 14,375 subjects between the ages of thirty five and seventy four years. The subjects were instructed to not drink alcohol twelve hours before the testing. According to the