WineThe benefits of wine were described by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, who said that “wine is something admirably suited to man, both in health and in sickness, if you are given timely and proper measure, according to individual constitution.

Take a little wine is healthy, the wine is an alcoholic beverage to which is attributed anticancer and antioxidant properties thanks to certain substances it contains.

In scientific terms the wine has certain components which act on plasma lipids (mainly cholesterol, HDL), platelets or blood clotting in cardiovascular protection.

Today we know that the tannins in red wines – when practiced moderate consumption-cleaner helps keep our arteries, helping to prevent cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have also shown that resveratrol, a substance found in the skin of red grapes, may help slow aging and prevent aging diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Certainty about the benefits it can produce wine consumption had its first demonstration in France, in 1992, thanks to the study of Serge Renaud. Under this heading is shown, by example, as a country with cardiovascular risk similar to other developed countries have a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease to them.

Professor Renaud concluded that moderate consumption of wine reduces by 20% the risk of cancer, heart attack or stroke after taking a long study for 20 years, analyzing the evolution of the health of 34,000 people with aged between 40 and 60. It is then shown that moderate wine consumption reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by up to 50%.

The Mediterranean diet is good for health, and shall include wine as alcoholic beverage, taken in moderation, helps the body’s health.

In saying that drinking in moderation, we refer to 2 cups a day, drinking large amounts can be dangerous. In addition it is advisable to consume at night, prevents thrombosis, a couple of glasses of wine with dinner will help us to perform the digestion, sleep at a stretch and have better health.