10 May Benefits of drinking red wine – gorgeous winter warmth
Every year around this time, I feel compelled to write a post extolling the virtues of red wine. The benefits of red wine are wide and varied.
Benefits of red wine
– red wine can lower your LDL or bad cholesterol. Drinking red wine can lower your LDL levels by up to 12 %
– polyphenols the antioxidants in red wine can help to keep your blood vessels flexible and reduce the risk of blood clotting
– resveratrol a compound in red wine can reduce your blood sugar levels and increase insulin sensitiviy
– resveratrol can also protect your brain by reducing the amount of beta-amyloid protein. This protein is a key ingredient in the plaque found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s
– the antioxidants in red wine may protect you from catching a cold
– resveratrol can also inhibit cancer cells. Drinking one glass of red wine three or four times a week can starve any nascent cancer cells. Resveratrol inhibits the action of a cancer feeding protein
– drinking wine moderately can reduce fatty liver disease
– men who drink 4 – 7 glasses of red wine a week are 50 % less likely to develop prostate cancer
– people who drink wine have higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids in their blood – protecting them from heart disease
– helps to prevent breast cancer by reducing oestrogen levels and increasing testosterone levels in premenopausal women
– red wine can help to prevent blindness and macular degeneration
– red wine can increase length of healthy life span
So many benefits of moderate red wine consumption
I don’t know about you, but I am sold. Red wine has such a huge range of health benefits and it is lovely to drink it, especially in the colder months, when it is both rich and warming.
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