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By Kate Rope
If you’re living with COPD, you may have already made some lifestyle changes to stay healthy and make it less likely that your condition will get worse, which is great. And you might wonder if alcohol could prevent, improve, or make COPD worse. Here’s what the science says about drinking alcohol when you have COPD.
Could Drinking Alcohol Prevent COPD?
Some studies suggest that moderate alcohol use may be linked to a lower risk of COPD. The most recent was published in the
American Journal of Epidemiology in 2019. Scientists surveyed over 40,000 Swedish men about how much alcohol, and what kind, they drank and then watched to see who developed COPD. They found that, compared to those who drank liquor, men who drank a moderate amount of beer or wine had lower rates of COPD.