Wine and health ? a story of benefits

Do you know which miracle cure improves the fluidity of blood, lowers cholesterol levels and increases the level of antioxidants?

The Red wine.

Yes, There is a lot of information circulating about the health benefits and harms of alcohol use. However, a large French study shows that men who consume wine have a lower risk of dying earlier, whether it is premature mortality from cancers or cardiovascular disease.

Among the many components of red wine, there is the resveratrol, which is the object of the many benefits of red wine on our health.

Scientific work has shown that mortality from cardiovascular disease is relatively lower among the French (first consumers of wine in the world) and in other Mediterranean countries compared to other industrialized countries. There is now a consensus that moderate consumption of wine would have a beneficial effect in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. However, there are emerging indications that this moderate wine consumption has a relatively neutral effect on obesity, and even harmful for abdominal adiposity problems.

Red wine and cancer:

"We found that men who consume at least four glasses of red wine per week reduce their risk of prostate cancer by half," says Janet L. Stanford of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. According to other studies, wine would have benefits in the prevention of non-hormone-dependent bladder and breast cancers and a neutral effect on liver and brain cancers.

Moreover, this consumption of wine would also prevent neurodegenerative diseases and improve cognitive functions as well as bone density.

Wine is not a medicine, it is part of a healthy lifestyle. Since diabetes is strongly influenced by lifestyle, it increases rapidly and occurs at a younger age, wine could be an important factor.

Caution, excessively consumed alcohol causes adverse health effects. Depending on the sensitivity of each person, dependency can quickly settle and lead quickly to isolation.