The Great Wine Myth
Every few months or so a news release will tout the health benefits of red wine drinking.
Well cheers then huh? Well not so fast...while this news may help increase wine sales for the alcohol industry further review proves it as just a theory...or propaghanda at best. It's not the alcohol it's more the grapes that have any real health benefits. More studies are being done to see if alcohol has any benefits but there is no conclusive evidence to make these claims credible.
The news releases touting wine as healthy are adding to the false information being put out by the alcohol industry that teens may hear and accept as true.
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From The American Heart Association:
What about red wine and heart disease?
"Over the past several decades, many studies have been published in science journals about how drinking alcohol may be associated with reduced mortality due to heart disease in some populations. Some researchers have suggested that the benefit may be due to wine, especially red wine.
Others are examining the potential benefits of components in red wine such as flavonoids (FLAV'oh-noidz) and other antioxidants (an"tih-OK'sih-dants) in reducing heart disease risk. Some of these components may be found in other foods such as grapes or red grape juice.
The linkage reported in many of these studies may be due to other lifestyle factors rather than alcohol:
Such factors may include increased physical activity, and a diet high in fruits and vegetables and lower in saturated fats No direct comparison trials have been done to determine the specific effect of wine or other alcohol on the risk of developing heart disease or stroke."
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4422
Note: flavonoid's can be purchased over-the-counter or are simply in many fruits like grapes or apples and they do not contain any addictive drugs like alcohol.
http://www.phytochemicals.info/phytochemicals/flavonoids.php
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