#WBC18 Lightning Talk: Richard Baxter

Lightning Talks: We will have 8 of your fellow attendees get up on stage to deliver five-minute, Ignite-style “Lightning Talks”. With 20 slides each advancing automatically on 15-second intervals, speakers have to be on the top of their game to deliver fun, informative, often hilarious talks. 2018 Presenters:

Michael Fagin | West Coast Weather
Nancy Koziol | The Oethical Oenologist
Richard Baxter | Wine and Health
Austin Beeman | Understanding Wine with Austin Beeman
Roslyne Buchanan & Jennifer Cockrall-King | Roslyne Buchanan/Cottage Life Magazine
Marty Sparks | LuchaVino
Anne Keery | Aspiring Winos
Liz Barrett | What’s in That Bottle

Transcript

2. Was the French paradox a myth? What wine lovers need to know about healthy drinking now Richard A Baxter, MD HealthandWine.blogspot.com
4. • “The French population is led to believe that wine protects them … Scientifically, wine is an alcohol like any other.” - French health minister Agnès Buzyn • Health benefits of wine are “an old wives’ tale” – UK Chief Health Officer Sally Davies • “The ‘French paradox’ turned out to be an illusion” -Emma Wightman, The Conversation, July 2017
5. The French Paradox is a J-shaped curve
6. Source: Grønbæk M, Journal of Internal Medicine 2009 •Are wine drinkers different?
7. The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC). •23 centres in 10 countries •380,395 subjects tracked for ~ 12 years •Results: alcohol use ↑overall mortality ↑cancer ↑violent death and injuries ↓marginally to CVD/CHD
8. Alcohol vs mortality: EPIC study OVERALL CARDIO- VASCULAR DISEASE “ALCOHOL- RELATED” CANCERS OTHER CANCERS VIOLENCE OTHER
9. They’re all J-shaped curves!
10. Even better for women
11. Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 “No amount of alcohol is safe”
13. More J-shaped curves!
14. Figure 5 The Lancet DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2) Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license
16. Confounders •Sick quitter hypothesis
17. More confounders •Lack of subject populations with consistent drinking habits S M T W T F S
18. … and more confounders •Too much credit to resveratrol
19. Why are wine drinkers different? • Moderate wine drinking is part of the Mediterranean diet • “This healthy diet pattern involves regular, moderate wine consumption mainly with food”* • Moderate wine drinking increases longevity, reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and does not … influence the overall risk of cancer. *Giacosa A, Barale R, Bavaresco L, Faliva MA, Gerbi V, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Opizzi A, Perna S, Pezzotti M, Rondanelli M. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2016
21. “The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much. Then again, don’t drink too little.” - Herman Smith-Johansson, 103-year old cross-country skier