The most frequently asked question by patients is whether wine in good for their health. Recently there is a lot of argument regarding the subject. Whereas the research proves that benefits of drinking wine, mainly red wine. On the other hand if you consume too much wine it is injurious to health.
Therefore when I am asked the question? I make it clear that wine can control you body temperature and in general it is a healthy diet. It extremely depends on the amount of wine you drink, your health benefits will be lost and your health risk goes up if your wine consumption is more than what is recommended.
Here’s what’s considered safe and effective
Men: It is advised that they should not take more than two drinks per day. Women: Not more than one drink per day. It may be red or white wine, one drink is defined as 5-ounce glass. You cannot store up all your one or two drinks per day and consume all of them on your weekend!
In the foremost why all show interest about wine’s health benefits? The scheme started in the 90’s when researchers puzzled and launched a study of French people, trying to find out that why the people are not suffering from heart attacks after the intake of so much high cheese fats.
As a result it was due to their reasonable and steady intake of wine. After a very long a research most of the people accepted and supported that drinking wine is good for health. Resveratrol an antioxidant found in red grape skins and also in red wine shows a great health benefits and healing power. Now they also found out that there is lot of benefits in white wine also.
On a daily basis all kinds of new findings are cropping up. In recent studies they praise the health benefits of wine:
Overall health benefits
A red grape skin plays a vital role in anti-aging. (Harvard Medical School in Boston, 2004) Risk of death cases is reduced in all causes: Moderate use of wine is more beneficial than that of beer spirits this research is conducted by countries such as France, UK, Finland and Denmark. Kidney stones: Risk of kidney stone formation is reduced after the intake of red wine. The protein present in the red grape skins kills the cancer cells (University of Virginia Health System, 2004)
Heart health benefits
The intake of red wines reduces the risk of coronary heart disease this is proved by the scientist research. The initiation and progression of atherosclerosis can be prevented through red wine (hardening or “furring” of the arteries). Together alcohol and polyphenols present in the red wine play a major role in maintaining healthy blood vessels by promoting the formation of nitric oxide (NO), which plays in key chemical relaxing factor that plays an important role in the regulation of vascular tone.
Women’s health benefits
Risk of ovarian cancer is decreased (The Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia, 2004) It also helps to keep the bones strong and reduces the risk of stroke.
