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Resveratrol
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How Can Red Wine Be Healthy?
What is this resveratrol that makes red wine healthy?
It’s a potent antioxidant found in red grape skin.
This wonder nutrient is still relatively young - science wise - and we will see a lot of more research.
Even so, it’s proven it has anti-inflammatory, anti-aging and anti-cancer characteristics and may help prevent free radicals from damaging our body.
Red wine is fermented with the red grape skin and a moderate consumption of red wine has more health benefits than the consumption of white wine. Grape skins are not used in producing white wine.
You find about .5 to 3 milligrams of it per liter in red wine.
It’s not that much, but as this antioxidant is best absorbed in the mouth; red wine is actually a good source.
When we drink wine, we pour some of it in our wine glass and then we sip.
Once the wine is in the mouth we usually let it sit there for a second or two before we swallow it. This allows the resveratrol to be absorbed directly in the mount instead of being absorbed though the stomach, where some of it is metabolized and eliminated.
Other SourcesAnother great source is Japanese Knotweed, a source you find in many supplements. It tastes a little like rhubarb and you can substitute rhubarb with Japanese Knotweed.
You can also find it in blueberries and peanuts. It’s actually so that people who regularly eat peanuts have a lower body fat index than people who don’t. So even though peanuts are high in fat, you should include them in moderate amount into your diet, (while keeping an eye on your total caloric intake, of course).
If you feel hesitant to include more wine into your diet because of its alcohol content, I strongly recommend Tahitian Noni Juice. It’s made of the juice from the Tahitian Noni fruit with an addition of grape juice and blueberry juice. It has kept me cold-free since 2003.
With you on the weigh,
Eva
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