LeBron James said he drinkswine every day because he once heard it's good for hisheart .- Wine does contain antioxidants and resveratrol, which lowers cholesterol and prevents blood clots.
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"I've heard it's good for the heart," James said. "Listen, I'm playing the best basketball of my life, and I'm drinking some wine pretty much every day. Whatever it is, I'll take it."
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James became a 'wine guy' after he turned 30
James didn't always have his wine habit, as he previously said he "was not a wine guy" and $4, in an interview with $4. James said he developed such a love for wine, that he even let his seven-year-old daughter try it when she was younger.
James isn't alone — $4 like Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and Devin Booker are also big wine drinkers these days.
When grilled about his love of wine, James said he's played his best basketball while drinking wine every day over the last six years. He's made every All-Star game since turning 30 in 2015, and has improved in minutes played per game, points per game, rebounds per game, and assists per game in that time. This year James has missed 12 games due to ankle and abdominal injuries, and his rebound and assists numbers have decreased.
Wine does have ingredients that are heart-healthy
James' point about using wine for his heart health does have some scientific basis.
Margarita Rohr, a cardiologist who is also the clinical instructor of medicine at $4, told Insider that red wine has antioxidant properties that may make blood less likely to form clots.
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Polyphenols in red wine also have $4 They can $4 of low-density lipoproteins, which is the "bad" cholesterol in our blood. But it also increases the amount of high-density lipoprotein, which i the "$4" in our blood.
Too much alcohol can undo the benefits
The American Heart Association (AHA) $4 no more than one glass (140 ml) of wine a day for women and two a day for men. By that measure, James is within the guidelines.
But Rohr said any more than that, on a regular basis, can start to impact the cardiovascular system.
"Drinking alcohol in excess can be harmful to the heart and with excess consumption over an extended period of time, can lead to alcoholic cardiomyopathy," Rohr told Insider. "This is a heart condition that affects the heart muscle directly and can cause heart failure."
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