No Amount of Alcohol Consumption Is Good for the Heart: Report

Any amount can increase risk of cardiovascular disease

A customer walks past shelves with bottles of vodka in a supermarket amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow, Russia, on April 8, 2020. Maxim Shemetov/Reurers

No amount of alcohol consumption—not even a moderate amount—is good for the heart, the World Heart Federation (WHF) said on Thursday.

In a new policy brief titled “The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Cardiovascular Health: Myths and Measures,” WHF is pushing back on the widespread belief that drinking a daily glass of wine may be beneficial.