| Red wine is very good for health and its keeping | | | | The so-called "Mediterranean diet", which includes a |
| health condition. So drinking red wine is good for | | | | larger intake of wine, has been credited with |
| your heart, lungs, kidneys, brain and more. | | | | lower rates of heart disease in those countries, |
| Because red wine is fermented with grape skins | | | | despite a higher intake of saturated fats. The |
| longer than is white wine, red wine contains more | | | | pro-red wine studies suggest antioxidants in red |
| resveratrol. Red wine is a particularly richsource of | | | | wine called polyphenols help protect the lining of |
| antioxidants flavonoid phenolics, so many studies | | | | blood vessels in your heart. It's not yet known |
| to uncover a cause for red wine's effects have | | | | how beneficial eating grapes or other foods might |
| focused on its phenolic constituents,particularly | | | | be compared with drinking red wine when it |
| resveratrol and the flavonoids. However, the | | | | comes to promoting heart health. It's interesting |
| evidence seems clear that regular, moderate | | | | to note that if I have a second glass of wine at |
| consumption of red wine is beneficial toyour | | | | the end of a busy week, my heart rate and blood |
| health. | | | | pressure drop significantly. However, more |
| If your goal is a healthy, fit body, a red-wine habit | | | | research is needed before we know whether red |
| is not the worst vice in the world. Recent | | | | wine is better for your heart than are other |
| research has indicated a substance | | | | forms of alcohol, such as beer or spirits. |
| calledresveratrol, which is found in the skin and | | | | " One to 2 drinks per day of any alcohol type |
| seeds of grapes used to make wine, has | | | | have been shown to increase HDL cholesterol by |
| promising heart-healthy benefits. It has been linked | | | | about 12%. Some researchers believe that |
| with all sorts of health benefits over the years: | | | | resveratrolmight be the key ingredient in red wine |
| the heart, the lungs, prevention of breast cancer, | | | | that helps prevent damage to blood vessels, |
| prostate cancer, tooth decay, longevity and | | | | reduces "bad" cholesterol and prevents blood clots. |
| justgeneral wellbeing. The main health benefit of | | | | Otherstudies also indicated that red wine can raise |
| moderate alcohol use appears to be related to its | | | | HDL cholesterol (the Good cholesterol) and |
| effect on the development of atherosclerosis | | | | prevent LDL cholesterol (the Bad cholesterol) |
| orthe accumulation of fatty plaques in the blood | | | | from forming. |
| vessels, particularly the coronary arteries that | | | | One of the well-known and most studied benefits |
| supply the heart. Recommendations to | | | | of red wine is its heart protective effect. The |
| consumemoderate amounts of wine are limited to | | | | diversity of red wine is such that it can match |
| individuals with a clean bill of health. Similarly, in | | | | any type of food. A succulent fillet steak washed |
| countries like Australia, the US and the UK, wine | | | | down with a glass of fine red wine is one of the |
| drinkers are believed to smoke less,exercise | | | | great gastronomic double acts. Hopefully, cooler |
| more and generally lead 'healthier' lifestyles than | | | | heads will prevail, and the medical findings that red |
| most beer drinkers. It could therefore be that | | | | wine is actually beneficial for one's health will pave |
| healthy lifestyles associated with wine drinking are | | | | the way toward adopting the red wine |
| protective against heart disease, rather than wine | | | | consumption on a larger scale. |
| drinking itself. | | | | |