Whats So Good About a Good Red Wine?
Red wines are ancient history, really. Grapes were being fermented in the earliest of times to produce strong drink at the table and elsewhere. However, it was with great excitement that the news began to spread around 1992: red wine could help you live longer. Scientists had discovered a magic fountain – and it was called “resveratrol.” This molecule, a naturally occurring substance, was given the credit for long-lived Europeans who continued to dine on an excess of fat-filled foods. They named it the “French Paradox,” which explained why French men and women were reaching old age in general good health. The resveratrol in the red wines – and their abundant consumption rates – were behind this phenomenon. Research has continued and just a few short years ago, other amazing benefits of resveratrol began to emerge. It seems this little compound works on keeping platelets from becoming “sticky,” which can clog arteries. Not only that, it acts to thin the blood, which prevents clotting an
