Good wine can make or
break the dining experience. Not only can it help make for a more
entertaining evening, it can also provide some much needed health
benefits to the drinker. If you don’t quite believe it, just read
up on some of the many different studies pointing to wine as “the
healthy alcohol”.
Lowers Cholesterol
Levels
A 16-year study by the
Harvard School of Public Health showed that moderate wine drinkers
who suffer from high blood pressure are 30% less likely to have a
heart attack. This can be attributed to the fact that alcohol in the
wine helps increase HDL “good” cholesterol in the pretense of a
healthy diet and regular activity.
Lowers Risk of Heart
Disease
A Queen May University
study showed that red-wine tannins contain procyanidins, effective
against diseases. Moreover, a study by Columbia University found that
wine drinkers are at less risk of a blood clot-related stroke.
Better Brain
Function
A Columbia University
study, and another published in The New England Journal of
Medicine, presented that people who drink wine moderately are
more resistant to the deterioration of their brains compared to
teetotalers, or folks who don’t drink at all.
There are plenty more
of these studies out there, so in case you need a little bit more
prodding for you to enjoy the goodness that is wine, feel free to
investigate further!
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