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DID YOU KNOW?
It takes about 2 ½ pounds of grapes to make a bottle of wine
We have all heard that red wine is part of a healthy life, but it is important to understand the specifics of the benefits of red wine, so you can make the best of them. For instance, not many people are aware that it is actually only red wine that offers many benefits, because it contains certain flavanoids which white wine does not.
One of the benefits of red wine, when used in moderation, is that it helps prevent heart disease. In fact, studies have actually shown that one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men lower the risk of heart attack for people in middle age by 30-50 percent!
Resveratrol is one of the other benefits of red wine. This substance increases HDL, or good cholesterol, and also exhibits various antioxidant properties that help to prevent blood clots and plaque formation in the arteries.
On the flip side, wine can be a double edged sword, so remember to moderate your drinking. Too much red wine can put you at higher risk for conditions like:
* Alcoholism
* High blood pressure
* High cholesterol
* Stroke
* Obesity
* Cardiac arrhythmia
* Sudden cardiac death
If you want to reap the benefits of red wine, then you should also be eating a healthy, well-balanced diet of raw organic fruits and vegetables, drinking plenty of pure water, and getting a lot of regular exercise.
At Diet Health and Fitness we know that the benefits of red wine are plentiful, but research and studies have also shown that you have to maintain a healthy lifestyle at the same time.
 
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