By Walt Yehl

1. A glass of wine a day will help keep your memory (and overall health) from going away. A study showed that women over seventy who drank a glass of wine a day had a better memory than those who abstained from wine.

o A glass of wine also helps prevent clots and reduce blood vessel inflammation.

o Alcohol also seems to raise HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, which helps unclog your arteries.

o If that information wasn’t enough, a British study found that women who drank a glass a day reduced their risk of infection of a virus called Helobactor pylori, a major cause of many intestinal diseases, by eleven percent.

2. Keep your weight down. Studies show that people who drink a glass daily have a lower body mass index than those who do not. Most moderate wine drinkers have smaller waists. Alcohol may encourage the body to burn calories faster, up to 90 calories can be burned after having a drink in your system to the equivalent of only a few without the drink. This is not true for people that drink excessively, moderation is the key.

3. The Fountain of Youth. Thought to be just a figment of your imagination, right? Not so! Red wine may help reduce the effects of aging.

4. Drink Away the Risk of Cancer. Red wine is an extremely plentiful source of biologically active phytochemicals, or chemicals found in plants. Red wine also has particular compounds called polyphenols (such as catechins and resveratrol, see definition below), which are thought to have anti-oxidant or anti-cancer properties. Of course, make sure you talk to your doctor before thinking this will cure your cancer. (Polyphenols are antioxidant compounds found in the skin and seeds of grapes. When wine is made from these grapes, the alcohol produced by the fermentation process dissolves the polyphenols contained in the skin and seeds. Red wine has more polyphenols than white: white wine is made differently, where the skin is removed after the crushing of the grapes.)

Of course, alcohol should always be consumed in moderation. You might be wondering what moderation exactly means… In men, one or two glasses of wine a day (that’s about five ounces each); in women, one glass a day (again, five ounces). So next time you want to feel better longer, keep your lovely figure, or forget that pesky memory loss, grab a glass of wine and toast to your health.

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–Walt

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