Wine and your Health

"Drinking red wine reduces heart disease". This was the detail given by a physician during a telecast on a national TV in 1990s. He referred to the lower incidence of the disease in France in spite of the high fat diets taken by them.

Studies show that, taking a fair amount of red wine reduces the risk of heart attacks and it also checks further heart attacks if you have already experienced an attack. The bad cholesterol responsible for heart diseases is removed from the blood by good cholesterol. A balance between the two can be brought by drinking moderate amount of wine . Wine also prevents blood from clotting due to its anti-coagulation effect.

Wines are generally rich in sugar, vitamins and minerals. Red wine has more nutrients than the ordinary one, because the juices remain in contact with the grape skin for a long time.

Wine helps in digestion through the production of gastric juices. When we turn 50% of the hydrochloric acid required for digestion is not secreted by the body, so doctors' advice people to take a glass of wine for digestion problems. It also aids in lowering the attack of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Generally wines are rich in calorie content. A glass of red or white wine has about 100 calories in it.