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The findings are based on a meta-analysis of several different studies conducted worldwide from over 200,000 people's drinking habits, conducted by Italy's Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura. It showed that moderate consumption of beer decreases drinkers' risk of heart disease by 31 per cent, just as much as moderate consumption of wine.
Published online by the European Journal of Epidemiology, the study gives beer drinkers a chance to level the scores with oenophiles who have occasionally slammed the drinking habits of beer lovers.
