Red Wine and a Healthy Lifestyle

The benefits of moderately drinking red wine have been recognized for centuries. Though, not a drug, physicians have recommended red wine as a treatment for iron deficiency and anemia. Red wine increases the absorption of minerals and reduces the occurrence of sleep disorders. Consuming wine with meals aids in the digestive process, stimulate the intake of nutrients and lowers cholesterol which leads to a healthy heart.

Over the last 30 years hundreds of scientific studies throughout the world involving more than 1 million people have suggested that the moderate consumption of red wine (1 to 3 glasses/day) can extend your life expectancy by several years over the non-drinkers (abstainers). Moderate consumption of red wine assist in protecting against various types of heart disease and cancer and delay or reduce the risk of developing a range of other diseases. A glass of wine is defined as 5 ounces of wine containing 12% alcohol by volume (12%/vol).

Research over the last century has demonstrated how key organic compounds found in red wine provide additional healthful benefits not attributed to other alcoholic beverages. Other alcoholic beverages do not have the polyphenols that are found in red wines.