Managing Cardiometabolic Risk
Managing Cardiometabolic Risk in Abdominally Obese Patients
Nutrition
- 1Key Points (1 page)
- 2Managing abdominally obese patients at increased cardiometabolic risk: the nutritional perspective (1 page)
- 3Targeting excess body weight (1 page)
- 4CVD and its nutritional components (2 pages)
- 5Reducing blood pressure (1 page)
- 6Moderate alcohol consumption (1 page)
- 7The Mediterranean diet (1 page)
- 8Other dietary measures to lower CVD risk and cholesterol levels (2 pages)
- 9References (1 page)
Moderate alcohol consumption
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Moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to reduce cardiovascular events in population studies (29). However, alcohol consumption cannot be recommended to reduce CVD risk because of the risk of addiction and its serious health consequences. If alcohol is consumed, intake should be limited to no more than 2 drinks per day for most men and no more than one drink per day for women and lightweight individuals (1 drink is equivalent to a 341 ml beer, 150 ml glass of wine, and 45 ml of spirits) (27, 30). Failure to heed intake guidelines can increase the risk of hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, liver damage, and breast cancer (29). Moderate alcohol consumption is an integral part of many official guidelines, such as AHA recommendations, the DASH diet, and the NCEP-ATP III.
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