It is commonly held that drinking (S1) __________ amounts of alcohol can reduce the (S2) __________ of having a deadly heart attack. More (S3) __________ benefits to the heart have occurred when people had three to seven drinks per day, but doctors advise against that because heavy drinking is associated with a host of problems, from liver damage to (S4) __________ fertility.
Dr. Pekka Karhunen, of the University of Tampere in Finland, said (S5) __________ reports that one or two alcoholic drinks per day could help fend off heart disease appeared to have been "(S6) __________ "
Of his study, released at the American Heart Association’s (S7) __________ meeting, Karhunen said in an interview that "there is no danger in one or two drinks per day, but the benefit is quite low."
The heart association advises that (S8) __________ The drinks include beer, wine or liquor.
Karhunen and his colleagues performed autopsies (尸体部检) on 700 Finnish men between the ages of 33 and 70. The researchers interviewed family members (S9) __________ .
The scientists found that having fewer than three drinks per day did not reduce the progress of coronary artery disease, and (S10) __________ .But the more people drank, the less likely they were to have suffered a fatal heart attack. S10
【参考答案】
only “slightly” minimized the chance of having a fatal heart......