In order to stay healthy, we eat well, take supplements, ensure a nutritious diet, and exercise daily while trying to maintain a healthy balance. And when it comes to wine, we often tend to turn down that glass of gold liquid in order to maintain good health. But have you ever wondered that drinking can also turn out to be healthy? Well, yes you heard it absolutely right. There are numerous benefits and reasons to drink wine. We have got for you some top reasons to drink wine.
Various research done across the world indicates that wine offers various benefits for your health. And that’s why you have more than one reason to drink wine for yourself every now and then.
Here are the top 8 reasons to drink wine
- Reduces bad cholesterol-Red wines are quite known to reduce the bad cholesterol in the body. There are certain varieties of red grapes that has key ingredients that helps in lowering bad cholesterol.
- Heart health- While red wine is known to reduce the bad cholesterol it also helps in keeping your heart healthy. Antioxidants present in red wine prevents unwanted blood clotting by keeping the blood vessels flexible. You can consume red wine in moderate quantities to keep your heart healthy. And do remember anything in excess can be detrimental to your health.
- Regulates the blood sugar- Grapes skin has a compound called resveratrol that helps in controlling the sugar in diabetic person. There are resveratrol supplements available in the market prescribed by doctors to lower glucose levels. So, you see how moderate drinking of wine can also help you maintain sugar levels.
- Reduced cancer risk- Risk of certain type of cancer such as basal cell, colon, prostrate carcinoma, ovarian etc can be reduced with regular but moderate level of wine drinking.
- Treats common cold- Unbelievable right? But its true. Presence of antioxidants in the wine helps you stay away from common cold and cough.
- Promotes longevity- Drinking moderate amount of wine along with healthy nutritious diet regularly helps promote longevity.
- Promotes gut health- Wine promotes the growth of good bacteria in your gut which in turn helps in overall immunity of the body.
- Relieves hypertension- Moderate consumption of red wine also helps people get relieved from hypertension issues.
These are some of the most basic benefits of wine and give you enough reasons to drink wine often. Various other ailments get relief in symptoms with regular but moderate consumption of red wine due to the key ingredient resveratrol present in it.
Moderation is the key along with a very healthy and nutritious diet. In order to get the benefits, it’s not necessary to drink more and more. An unhealthy diet can outweigh the benefits of drinking a daily glass of wine. Additionally, certain individuals should abstain from alcohol, including minors, pregnant women, and individuals on certain medications
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hema says
Never knew wine could be such a god option to control hypertension.. This is such a helpful post
Rakhi says
Indeed it has great benefits. 🙂 Reason for us to pour some wine in our next meetup.
The Champa Tree says
Wine is a drink that is believed to b safe for kids even. So many health benefits. We should make wine a regular habit to stay healthy it seems..thanks for the valuable post
Sandy N Vyjay says
Wine does have many health benefits. However, as with everything else, the right quantity is of importance to optimize its goodness.
Paresh Godhwani says
I am a non-alcoholic person. So do share some healthy mock tails. I will share this with some of my friends who consume alcohol.
Heena Dhedhi says
This is the reason I needed to add more wine to each day… thank you for the information.