Health Benefits of Red Wine

Research on red wine has revealed several health benefits.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School found that red wine has anti-aging properties. Study leader, David Sinclair, said "Resveratrol improves the health of mice on a high-fat diet and increases life span."

Scientists from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, found that regular alcohol consumption raises breast cancer risk, with the exception of red wine. Moderate, regular red wine consumption lowers breast cancer risk.

Moderate red wine consumption reduces the risk of developing dementia, researchers from Loyola University Medical Center reported. They emphasized that the consumption must be "moderate", because too much red wine consumption has the opposite effect. Study leader, Edward J. Neafsey, said "We don't recommend that nondrinkers start drinking. But moderate drinking, if it is truly moderate, can be beneficial."

Red wine may protect from severe sunburn, scientists from the University of Barcelona, Spain, revealed. They explained that red wine and grape derivatives have a compound that helps reduce the damaging effects of ultraviolet light.

Red wine consumption may protect from some blinding diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. A substance in red wine prevents the formation of new blood vessels in the eye, called angiogenesis

Red wine consumers may be protected from brain damage after a stroke, scientists from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Team leader, Sylvain Doré, Ph.D., said "Our study adds to evidence that resveratrol can potentially build brain resistance to ischemic stroke."


Written by Joseph Nordqvist

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