RED WINE: GOOD FOR HEALTH & ONGEVITY?

Healthy diet is a basic factor for health and longevity. Red wine as a fermented natural fruit (grapes) being no exception, consumed with caution. As we learn from comprehensive research in the U.S. & internationally. Read on to learn about details.

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND
 

As you know latest from our medical publications and seminars, to support our health 2 basic pillars are inevitable: physical exercise and healthy/non-processed diet. In this context, wine fermentation may be of benefit either, consumed with caution.
 
In fact, red wine is part of cultural, religious and social life since centuries and even millenia.
 
More than that. As we learn from comprehensive research, there are many... 
 

HEALTH BENEFITS OF FRED WINE – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED
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Due to its content of

• antioxidants (reducing oxidative stress in the body)

as well as its

• anti-inflammatory

           &

• lipid-regulating

power
 
Not to forget about its content of the natural polyphenol resveratrol in red wine which, to be sure, plays also a major role in health-promoting Mediterranean diet.
 
(Please note: no less but U.S. News & World Report has identified Mediterranean diet as the healthiest diet for six consecutive years now.)
 
This nutritional background including red wine may be seen with special reference to most debilitating diseases in our industrialized society. Ranking on top of World Health Organization statistics about unsolved (chronic) diseases.
 
Such as, inter alia,

• Cardiovascular disease

 
with special reference to
- hypertension           &
- atherosclerosis 

• Cancer

 
with special reference to
- breast
- lung
- prostate
cancer
 
Also

• Diabetes

• Vision loss
• Dementia
• Depression
• Liver disease

 
Based on comprehensive research in the U.S. at, inter alia
- Johns Hopkins University of Medicine in Baltimore, MD
- Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO
    &
- Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR
as well as internationally inter alia, at
- Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
- University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy
- Medical University of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland
- University of Western Australia in Nedland, Australia
- University of Canberra in Canberra, Australia
- University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia
- Harokopia University in Athens, Greece
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Dimona, Israel
- Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China
- Hebei Medical University in Shijiazhuang, China  

Finally, the nutritional value of red wine is also supporting

• Longevity

 
according to research at, inter alia,
- University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain
    &
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki, Greece 

Dosage
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To avoid any harm with overconsumption of alcohol,

one glass of red wine per day​

is recommended, inter alia, by the University College London in London, UK, as appropriate.

IN A NUTSHELL​​

Healthy diet is a basic factor for health and longevity. Red wine as a fermented natural fruit (grapes) being no exception, consumed with caution. As we learn from comprehensive research in the U.S. & internationally. 

​MEDICAL ADAGE OF THE WEEK

“An  ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
 
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
Scientist
&
Founding Father of the United States