Conclusion
Are wine, chocolate, coffee: forbidden joys? Well, wine is truly a joy, but at best neutral when consumed in moderation. Chocolate is a joy for our CV system, if consumed in dark, bitter form. And coffee? It wakes us up, less so, if you drink it regularly, and at that dose of up to 4 cups a day, might even be protective.
Acknowledgements
An abstract of this article was published in the Eur J Prev Cardiol 2021 based on a lecture given at the EuroPrevent 2021 on 15 April 2021.
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