The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7199 p705-712
25 May 2002

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White wine boosts lung function

A daily glass of white wine boosts lung function by about 1.5 per cent, according to Dr Holger Schunemann, University of Buffalo, United States. He questioned 1,555 adults about their lifetime alcohol consumption, how much they had drunk in the previous 30 days, and measured their lung function. "People who drank white wine had greater lung function than those who consumed red wine, but both groups had greater lung function than non-wine drinkers," he said.