"Regular moderate intake of alcohol is good for the heart and blood circulation".
The American Heart Association recommends a moderate intake of all types of fats.
I think the "benefits" of alcohol have been generally overstated, though it appears to take more than a moderate intake of alcohol to have a significant adverse effect on health.
"We advocate the use of our formulations as part of a balanced life that includes healthy diet, sensible exercise, a moderate intake of red wine, and a regular dose of stimulating literature".
The traditional Greek/Mediterranean diet of oily fish, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, vegetables and yes, plenty of whole fruit (and, happily, a moderate intake of red wine) has the strongest evidence base for reducing heart attacks, strokes, dementia and cancer.
"The short-term strategy is to eat fish with low mercury levels and to avoid or moderate intake of fish with high mercury levels," said Dr. Thomas Sink, an epidemiologist and the associate director for science at the national center for environmental health of the Centers for Disease Control.
Older dietary recommendations restricted sugar in the diabetic diet, but recent guidelines allow a moderate intake of sugars, so long as other carbohydrates are reduced in the same meal.
After adjusting for these factors, they found that people who had what they called a "moderate" intake of calcium — 820 milligrams a day of calcium from all sources, both dietary and supplements — had a roughly 30 percent lower risk of a heart attack than those with the lowest calcium intake.
Moderate intake of caffeine seems safe for mother and child when breastfeeding [64].
Epidemiologic evidence has linked light to moderate intake of alcohol to cancers of the colorectum and female breast.
In line with this association, moderate intake of antioxidants have shown to reduce the risk of cancer development and slow cancer progression [142 145], leading to the concept that antioxidants can prevent ROS-induced damage and therefore cancer incidence.
