Exploring Wine

Everyone knows the main benefit of wine is how it restores your spirit after you drink a glass or two. But there are many health benefits for drinking wine in moderation in combination with a healthy lifestyle.

Limit consumption: Excessive drinking is not beneficial for everyone. Too much alcohol will reverse any benefits you receive and automatically make them health risks. The safe and effective guideline is:

• Men should not exceed more than 2 drinks daily
• Women should not to exceed more than 1 drink daily

Note: A 5-ounce glass of red or white wine is defined as one drink.

Wine Chemistry and Health
Contained in wine are nonalcoholic phytochemicals, and within those phytochemicals, are flavonoids and red wine has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers and slow the progression of neurological degenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.

Nonalcoholic phytochemicals in wine, such as flavanoids and resveratrol, act as antioxidants and prevent cellular damage to the body. There is more resveratrol in red wine than white, which is why red wine is more beneficial to your heart. The reason is because of the antioxidants are higher in the seeds and skin of red grapes, and white grapes are peeled of their skins before the fermentation process, unlike the red grapes.

These antioxidants promote heart health and prevent heart disease in three ways:

• Decreases the creation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (aka “bad” cholesterol)
• Increases high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (“good “cholesterol)
• Lowers the risk of blood clots.

Additionally, drinking a glass of wine with a meal can enhance your lipid profiles after the meal.

So is it the antioxidant in wine, how the wine is consumed or lifestyle that is the reason for the long lives of many wine consumers? Either way, the studies point to a regular, moderate consumption of red wine can beneficial to your heart health. So the next time you are having a glass of wine, toast to your healthy heart.

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