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| "Shun the excess in either direction" Republic 10.619a |
From the story here:
In tests on mice's hearts researchers
interrupted the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart for 30 minutes
to simulate myocardial infarction – a heart attack. This was less damaging for hearts which had been exposed to alcohol, they found. Some 50 per cent of cells died during the heart attack in the hearts which was not exposed to alcohol. However,
in the hearts that had been exposed to the equivalent of two cans of
beer or two glasses of wine for an average man, only 30 per cent of
cells died. 'Our data suggest
moderate exposure to ethanol causes minor stress in heart cells but not
enough to kill them,' says Professor Julio Cesar Batista Ferreira. 'Heart cells eventually create a biochemical memory to protect against stress, also known as preconditioning. 'When the cells are submitted to a higher level of stress, they know how to deal with it.'
