| Many of us have heard the claim that drinking red | | | | To understand how wine helps in this area it is |
| wine can actually be healthy, but how much is | | | | necessary to know the difference in types of |
| healthy? This claim first came to light a decade or | | | | cholesterol. Low density lipo-protein the so-called |
| so ago when a prominent doctor espoused the | | | | "bad" cholesterol or LDL for short is the one that |
| use of red wine to reduce heart disease giving | | | | blocks arteries and causes us all the problems. |
| the example of the low incidence of heart disease | | | | The presence of high density lipo-proteins or HDL |
| in people in France even though they eat very | | | | cleans the bad out and reduces the instances of |
| high fat diets but drink red wine with many meals. | | | | blockage. The way red wine helps in this area is |
| First let's look at what is at the root of hear | | | | by increasing the HDL and creating more of a |
| disease in the first place. The disease is created | | | | balance as well as having a blood thinning effect |
| by cholesterol building up in the arteries. This | | | | similar to the intake of aspirin. |
| cholesterol comes from two places, our diet and | | | | It has been known for quite some time in the |
| from our own bodies. Some people have a natural | | | | nutritional community that wine is rich in vitamins |
| predisposition to creating more cholesterol than | | | | and minerals as well as in natural sugars that have |
| others. When the arteries experience this | | | | been shown to be of importance in maintaining |
| blockage the heart is robbed of needed oxygen | | | | good health. Wine is also high in potassium which |
| and can be damaged. | | | | has been shown to be good for the heart as well |
| So how do red wines help with this problem? Well, | | | | as being rich in Vitamin B. The main reason that |
| according to many medical studies it has been | | | | red wines have more of these nutrients than |
| shown that a moderate intake of no more than | | | | other wines is due to the process of making red |
| two glasses of red wine a day can actually reduce | | | | wine which requires the grape juice to remain in |
| the risk of a heart attack by as much as fifty | | | | contact with the skins of the grapes longer which |
| percent. The studies also indicated that he | | | | is where the majority of the nutrients are. |
| consumption of moderate amounts of the | | | | Wine is also known to have a calming effect on |
| beverage can even help to circumvent future | | | | the body when taken in moderation and can aid in |
| heart attacks even after you have already had | | | | sleeping which is also beneficial to overall health. |
| one. | | | | |