What are the benefits of wine
March 30, 2023
Wine is made from fermented grapes, with an alcohol concentration of about 8% to 20%. According to Chinese medicine, wine is warm, sweet and pungent, and enters the liver, spleen and heart meridians. Let's learn about the efficacy and functions of wine.
Nutritional composition of wine
If you want to understand the effects of wine, you should first analyze the nutritional composition of wine with me. Wine contains fructose, organic acids such as malic acid, inorganic salts such as potassium and magnesium, and vitamins such as thiamin and riboflavin.
Regulates pH
Since wine is rich in organic acids, such as malic acid and citric acid, drinking wine can play a role in promoting digestion. Although wine is rich in organic acids, it is actually the only alkaline wine drink that has the role of regulating the acid-base balance of the human body. Modern people consume more cream, meat, eggs, fish and other high-protein or high-fat foods, which can easily make the blood acidic, which is not good for health, while drinking wine in moderation can maintain the normal pH level in the human body.
Beauty and anti-aging
Red wine contains a component called "reverse alcohol", which has strong antioxidant properties and helps to fight cellular aging. Wine is rich in glucose, fructose, flavonoids, calcium and other nutritional elements, and long-term consumption of good wine can play a nourishing role in the skin, making the skin fine and white, rosy and refreshed.
Anti-anemia
Wine is rich in B12 vitamins and folic acid, two nutrients that play an important role in the new birth of red blood cells, so drinking wine can prevent anemia.
Prevents cardiovascular disease
A variety of antioxidants in wine have anti-viral and anti-aging effects, thus preventing colds and cardiovascular diseases. Antioxidant components, such as phenolics, can prevent atherosclerosis and platelet clotting and maintain the normal physiological function of the cardiovascular system. Red wine has a component called acanthin, which inhibits blood clotting. It can be consumed by post-menopausal women to prevent heart disease.
Cholesterol-lowering
Red wine contains a variety of antioxidants, resveratrol, flavonoids, catechins and pentoxifylline, all of which have the effect of blocking the oxidation of LDL and HDL cholesterol, thus stopping the accumulation of cholesterol in the walls of blood vessels.
Sleep aid
Pour a small amount of red wine into a glass about half an hour before bedtime, and drink it in the air for about 15 minutes to promote sleep. Women can also drink the right amount of red wine before bed to relieve menstrual cramps, promote blood circulation and improve the condition of cold hands and feet.
