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For centuries, if not millennia this has been the staple tipple and permanent meal accompaniment of the French, Italians and Spanish as well as probably every one else who lives around the Mediterranean Sea!

Red wine has been produced and drunk by kings, landed gentry and peasants and all have benefited from it’s many relaxing and comforting properties. Red wine comes in many varieties, but they all in differing degrees have one very important thing in common.

Apart from the alcohol, that is.

Red wine contains certain chemicals known as flavenoids and in particular resveratol which are known to reduce your risk of heart disease and strokes. More recently their properties have been discovered to prevent many cancers. Better still, it has also been recently discovered that resveratol has anti-aging properties.

That doesn’t mean that your should go out and buy a few case-loads to drink by the gallon. There is a lot to be said for taking anything in moderation, and red wine in certainly one of them. To get the best of the healthy effects of red wine it’s believed that it should be drank at a rate of one glass per day.

Not so bad, really. You can still enjoy a glass with your main meal of the day, where you really can toast you good health!

Terry Didcott
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