The study was conducted by Morten Gronbaek and his colleagues at the Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Institute of Preventive Medicine at Copenhagen Hospital. The researchers suggest that certain substances and properties unique to red wine, such as tannins and flavonoids which act as antioxidants, may be a key factor in the protective effects of wine. They also attribute a 30% overall decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Denmark during the past 15 years to a dramatic increase in wine consumption since 1976, due to the opening of the European market. In 1975, wine consumption represented only 17.3% of total alcohol consumption, compared with 30.2% in 1992.
The Copenhagen Heart Study strongly confirms the health benefits of regular, moderate red wine consumption with food cited by many other scientific and medical studies which are monitored by the Sub commission on Nutrition and Health of the Office International de la Vigne et duVin (OIV) in Paris.
Red wine has five times the healthy phenolic compounds that fresh grapes do, and they are also much more prevelant in red wine than in fruit and fruit juices. These are twice as powerful as resveratrol, and are much more effective than vitamin E in preventing oxidation. They are found in stems, seeds, and skins, which are discarded in the making of juices and white wine, but disolve into red wine during fermentation.
Elderly people who consume red wine are less prone to disability, mental illness, including Alzheimer's disease. wine helps women maintain their estrogen level, and helps them absorb calcium, and ward off osteoporosis.
Wine and Strokes: Studies show that wine helps prevent strokes! Scientists figure that the alcohol breaks up blood clots and increases HDL ("good") cholesterol in the bloodstream. This keeps the arteries clean. Note that this helps with the common ischemic stroke, but not with the rare hemorrhagic stroke, which is sudden bleeding in the brain.
Wine as a Soother: Wine is a calming influence, something which may seem incidental but should not be forgotten. The fact that a dinner is accompanied by a drink which helps the body relax and unwind can help the mental transition between work and relaxation. Also, people fighting other illnesses can combat them better when calm and focused.
Wine and General Health: Numerous studies have found that those who drink 2-5 glasses a day regularly have a much lower mortality rate, and are healthier than those who drink none. Wine and Ulcer Prevention, Newsweek reported in May 99 that a study showed how wine helps prevent ulcers. In a study of 1800 people, the scientists tested for the presence of helico bacterpylori, which causes ulcer infections. Compared to non-drinkers, those who had one glass of wine a day had 7% fewer of these bacteria. Those who drink two glasses a day had 18%, and those who drank 3 or more glasses had 1/3 fewer bacteria. Wine and Cancer: Numerous studies show that red wine helps fight cancer. Red wine is one of the richest sources for resveratrol, which helps supress cancer. Mice injected with reserveratrol not only experienced slower tumor growth, but also 98% fewer skin tumors.
All of this is just presented as information, for you to use as you see fit. If daily red wine consumption does not fit into your life, I've seen data that indicates that red wine once or twice a week will have dramatic positive effects. For example, tracking the stroke incidence of over 13,300 Danes for 16 years, a report states that, compared with abstainers, individuals who said they drank red wine on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis had a 16%, 34%, and 32% reduced risk of stroke, respectively. The researchers found “no association between intake of beer or spirits on risk of stroke.” So in this instance, red wine once or twice a week is the most beneficial. Red wine, along with a vegetarian diet, lots of RAW fruits and vegetables, moderate weight lifting for HGH release, and moderate cardiovascular exercise all combine for the healthiest lifestyle. All of these will produce optimum benifits.
And for people who say it is wrong to encourage people to drink, remember, Jesus Himself drank wine, and his first miracle was the act of turning water into wine. Undoubtedly, people may misuse wine, just as they misuse food and become fat and unhealthy, or misuse sex and become diseased and addicted to sex. This does not mean these things are inherently evil. It only serves as an example of how we can use something with wisdom, and be blessed by it, or be a fool, and be cursed by the very same thing.
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