Red wine, grapes, wine

Description :   Red wine is considered as one of the richest sources of powerful antioxidants.

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Red wine is a popular alcoholic beverage mainly synthesized by crushing and fermenting dark colored grapes. Red wine is considered as one of the richest sources of powerful antioxidants. Consumption of red wine in moderation shows several health benefits especially exerts cardio protective effects.

Type

Red wine is of several types with different characteristics. Below table will show an overview of wine types and their characteristics

Nutritional profile

• It contains too some extent of carbohydrate and has very minimum glycemic load
• It does not contain any protein
• It is also free from fat
• It contains several vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin K, niacin and pyridoxine
• It also contains various trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium, magnesium, selenium and fluoride
• It contains 12 to 15% of alcohol
• It contains anthocyanins (a pigment), which is responsible for the red coloration of wine
• It also contains various bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, (which include flavanols, resveratrol flavonols), gallic acid, rutine, myricetin, cyaniding-3-glucoside, epigallocatechin, malvidin-3-glucoside, catequin, and quercetin

Health benefits

Role on heart

• The antioxidant property of red wine is related with reducing the concentration of bad cholesterol (LDL) that reduces the prevalence of fat accumulation within blood vessels (atherosclerosis) and improves cardiac health by promoting blood circulation
• It has seen that resveratrol of red wine is associated with activating sirtuin 1 (a protein), that protects the entire cardiovascular system from inflammation
• Resveratrol also reduces clot formation within blood vessels and protects the lining of the blood vessels from external injuries
• Consumption of red wine is related with reducing the prevalence of coronary artery diseases, blood pressures, strokes and myocardial infraction

Role on regulating blood cholesterol level

• The antioxidant and alcohol components of red wine help to increase the concentration of HDL within body
• As mentioned above resveratrol, an important polyphenolic compound of red wine also helps to reduce the level of LDL
• Red wine helps to decrease the concentration of trans fat within body as well
• It helps to regulate the lipid profile

Role on preventing diabetes

• Polyphenolic compounds of red wine especially resveratrol help to reduce glucose concentration within blood
• It mainly helps to reduce the susceptibility of type 2 diabetes and renal disorders
• It has seen that resveratrol helps to improve the health of diabetic artery that protects them from developing heart disease

Anti-carcinogenic activities

• It has seen that consumption of red wine in moderate amount helps to reduce the susceptibility of developing cancers
• The antioxidant property of red wine helps to suppress the growth of cancer cells by enhancing cellular apoptosis
• It is also accountable for destroying cancerous cell by crippling the function of mitochondria. Impaired mitochondrial function of cancerous cells interferes with cellular (cancerous cell) ATP production that results in cellular    Read more