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