7 Fun Facts On The Health Benefits Of Red Wine

Discussion over the health benefits of red wine have been well documented. Studies have revealed that those who drink a glass of red wine a day are less likely to develop dementia or cancer.  Red wine is also good for your heart, anti-aging and can regulate blood sugar.  Here are some fun facts about how wine enhances your fitness regimen – so drink up!

  1. There is increasing scientific evidence that moderate, regular wine drinking can reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and gum disease.
  2. Women are more susceptible to the effects of wine than men partly because they have less of an enzyme in the lining of the stomach that is needed to metabolize alcohol efficiently.
  3. Hippocrates, widely considered the father of medicine, includes wine in almost every one of his recorded remedies. He used it for cooling fevers, as a diuretic, as a general antiseptic, and to help convalescence.
  4. A glass of wine a day may keep the blues at bay, according to a Spanish study of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. The research, part of the broader Predimed report on the Mediterranean diet, followed 5,500 light to moderate drinkers of both sexes over a period of seven years and found that those who drank two to seven glasses of wine a week were less prone to depression than non-drinkers.
  5. Anti-aging: Red wine is packed with antioxidants like flavonoid, resveratrol and tannin which help fight ageing by restoring collagen and elastic fibers.
  6. Red wine also inhibits hair loss and reduces dandruff since it increases blood circulation in the scalp.
  7. If that wasn’t enough, red wine also helps you sleep peacefully since it contains melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep and wake cycles.