Health Benefits of Drinking Red Wine
Whether you're a wine enthusiast whose idea of paradise is a tasting wine through the beautiful Napa Valley Wine Country, or you just enjoy a couple glasses of wine a day, hearing that wine could be good for you is great news. Its easy to feel guilty about your wine intake because of the social demonizing of all things alcoholic, but if you're enjoying wine in moderation, then you're not only drinking safe, but you're drinking healthy. According to health and medical experts, wine is party of a healthy diet that can reduce the risk of a variety of both physical and psychological conditions, and diseases. Of course, these benefits are all hinged on the amount of wine you drink. For women, experts advise no more than one glass of day; for men, no more than two glasses.
Resveratrol is the star chemical component in red wine; white wine contains less resveratrol than red, making the dose a bit less beneficiary to the consumer. By altering plasma viscosity and lipid profiles, resveratrol prevents blood clotting, and plaque formation in the arteries. Furthermore, resveratrol creates anti-thrombotic agents, as discovered by medical studies, which prevent the development of heart disease. Studies conducted on animals have shown that that resveratrol has slowed the growth of tumors, and the progression of cancer.
Like most other consumables, wine also does have its down side. For those with existing health concerns, such as high triglycerids, or diabetes, wine can be a destructive, rather than beneficial. Having high triglycerides increases the chances of being diagnosed with diabetes; alcohol significantly raises triglyceride levels if consumed regularly. Before regularly consuming wine, or incorporating it into your diet, check your triglyceride count with a physician or dietician. Among other concerns, alcohol raises the levels of estrogen in women, therefore increasing tumor development for women at risk for breast cancer. Wine, red wine especially, can trigger migraine headaches for those who experience them on a regular basis; the high levels of sulfites in red wine are the main cause of the trigger. The sulfite levels in red wine are higher than those in white wine, so if you limit your intake to a small amount of white wine, the risk of triggering a migraine are significantly reduced.
Wine is also high in "empty calories", which are the same calorie benefits that you can find in soda, and high-calorie carbonated drinks. A bottle of wine has the same amount of calories in it as two big bottles of Coke. So if you're dieting, you may want to regulate your wine intake even more. Don't forget: one glass per day for women, two glasses for men. Preferably, red wine, because it has less sugar than white and more great health benefits!
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This is a great overview of the positive impact moderate wine consumption can have on health. Many people also don't realize that beer and hard liquor (in moderation) are also healthy. Thanks for pointing that out!
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