Red wine is perhaps the hottest reason for discussion when it comes to the effect of alcohol on the body. It is used as an argument both by supporters of moderate drinking, and by those who lead an uncompromising struggle with alcohol. The first press on the fact that among the traditionally wine countries the number of long-livers is an order of magnitude higher than in the rest of the world, the latter lead statistics of studies, where everything is not so clear with the blood pressure and the risks of developing several types of cancer.However, for most, even this does not become a convincing argument in favor of a complete rejection of wine, which half the world drinks in general just for the sake of one pleasure from its taste.
We decided to understand this issue by finding a suitable study and finding out with its help what will happen to the human body if you drink wine almost every day.
- Astarting point -
For researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, the beginning in this experiment was the desire to learn how safe and effective it can be to regularly consume red wine for people with a certain set of diseases. So, in the field of their view were first of all patients with type II diabetes mellitus, which, although well-controlled, aggravates the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and reduces the level of good cholesterol in the blood.
- There were 224 of them -
To participate in the experiment, 224 people were selected who had a record in the medical record of the presence of diabetes and adhered to a practically nonalcoholic diet. Participants were divided into 3 groups, entrusted for the duration of the experiment under the guidance of nutritionists to adhere to the Mediterranean diet and add to their diet for dinner one of three types of drink: mineral water, dry white and dry red wine.
After carrying out all the necessary measurements and collecting questionnaires, the researchers conducted similar examinations at 6 and 24 months. This gave them the opportunity to follow the blood indicators in the dynamics and draw a lot of interesting conclusions.
- Wine defeats water -
Not so unexpected was the discovery that red wine contributed to a significant increase in the content of good HDL cholesterol in the blood. This indicator, along with the general improvement in the quality of sleep, in the "wine" teams was higher than the results of the group, in which daily drinking mineral water.
The scientists also noted that a significant reduction in the components of the metabolic syndrome, which manifests itself in an increase in the mass of visceral fat, a decrease in insulin sensitivity and a violation of carbohydrate, lipid, purine metabolism, and hypertension, was noted among those who drank red wines at dinner every night;
- Dry victory -
In general, this two-year experiment did not bring revolutionary new discoveries, only confirming from the scientific point of view the long-term observations of thousands of cardiologists around the world. It is on behalf of their patients that they say long ago that a moderate amount of wine, together with the most abundant intake of food, helps people prone to coronary artery disease, diabetes, heart failure and heart attacks.
Against this background, more detailed data looks like secondary, such as an increase in the antioxidant content of resveratrol in red wine almost 13-fold compared to white.However, it is these studies that help scientists learn really interesting things, for example, that one hour after the last dense meal on the day, the peak of blood sugar level for those who accompanied dinner with a glass of red wine will be 30% lower than those , who treated mineral water.
- Accompanying conditions -
Those who want to test the results of the experiment in practice, we advise not to forget that it was conducted with the presence in the diet of the subjects a large number of vegetables and fish, moderate portions of meat, fruit for dessert and the widespread use of olive oil. In addition, the most important condition was the observance of moderation with respect to wine, that is, no more than 200-300 ml at dinner for a man of medium build.
