As the holiday’s approaches, a study alerts drinkers that drinking outside of meals may be setting them up for high blood pressure.

The study, published in the journal Hypertension, has shown that consuming alcohol mostly without   food is a significant risk factor for developing hypertension. The effect was present even in people with light-to-moderate alcohol intake, according to lead researcher.

These findings support the notion that in addition to amount, the way in which alcohol is consumed   may have important implications for health and in particular, for cardiovascular disease. Therefore, this point out that drinking without food may counteract any benefit to the cardiovascular system associated with moderate alcohol consumption.

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