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Lipoproteins, the fat-and-protein particles on which cholesterol travels, come in two varieties: HDLs (high-density lipoproteins) are labeled good because they carry cholesterol out of the body LDLs (low-density lipoproteins) are called bad because they take cholesterol into your arteries But as 2 explains, when you re talking lipoproteins, size is as important as type because large LDLs are less likely than small LDLs to make their way into arteries

The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) was designed to evaluate risk factors for heart disease in men and women 65 and older Data from the 1,850-person study, which ran from 1989 to 1999, has served as a base for more than 400 research papers and 120 follow-up studies In 2007, a team of researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston), the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Vermont (Burlington) and the University of Washington (Seattle) combed through the CHS s data in search of medical gold What they found was that men and women who consumed 7 to 13 drinks a week had the highest number of small LDLs, which have a higher chance of getting into the arteries, thus increasing their risk of blockage Score another round for moderation one to two drinks a day

If you ve read the previous pages of this chapter, you ve gathered that moderate drinking has a few benefits But what exactly is in the alcohol beverages that does the trick I m glad you asked Unfortunately, the studies that show alcohol s benefits for your heart and blood vessels don t necessarily agree on exactly which kind of alcohol beverage or which constituent in the beverage makes moderate amounts of alcohol beneficial Is it the alcohol itself Or something else

On the one hand, lots of studies show similar benefits with all kinds of alcohol beverages beer, wine, and spirits suggesting that the active ingredient may simply be the alcohol On the other hand, one or two studies have shown special benefits for beer The best you can say about this development is that it s just one or two studies; before accepting this as a medical gospel, you d have to see yes more studies

Grape skins and pulp are rich in resveratrol, and grapes belong on a heart-healthy diet Not only are they low in calories, they re high in nutrients and yummy as all get out A single serving of 20 green Thompson seedless or deep-red Tokay or Emperor grapes has 70 to 80 calories, 12 to 16 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, and up to 84 percent of the potassium in 1 2 cup of orange juice And there s a teensy little bit of dietary fiber in the grape s skin, plus astringent tannins that make your mouth pucker Maybe that s why Mae West, your great-greatgrandpa s sex symbol, whose delightfully raunchy wit is available today on DVDs from the very modern Amazoncom, used to ask her beaus to peel me a grape If you want to peel the grapes you toss into your fruit salad, choose American varieties such as the Catawba, Concord, Delaware, Niagara, or Scuppernong These grapes are called slipskins because (surprise) the skin comes off easily Peeling a European variety, such as an Emperor, Tokay, Malaga, Muscat, or Thompson, is more of a challenge Here s a little Euro-grape-peeling lesson: 1 Drop the grape into boiling water for a few seconds 2 Then fish it out with a slotted spoon (to spare your fingers) 3 Finally, plunge the little darling into cold water The hot water makes the water under the skin expand so the skin swells; the cold water makes it burst and peel back Or you can just eat your grapes with the skin on Note: Ounce for ounce, you get more resveratrol from grape juice than from plain grapes The darker the juice, the higher the resveratrol Drink up! The following minitable shows you the nutrients in grapes and grape juice, depending on the kind of grapes you ingest