Wine: better than ever for you
There have already been many studies that conclude wine drinkers have healthier hearts, but none of then have truly explored the nature of this link. In fact, it’s possible that people with healthy habits tend to also be wine drinkers, so wine could actually not be responsible at all for improving health.
A new study, however, is making wine look better than ever. It found that
What was unique about this study is that it focused on a specific way wine could be helping the heart: low level inflammation, which can lead to fatty deposits in the arteries. Both red and white wine increased HDL (good cholesterol) levels and lowered inflammatory substances in the blood. Red worked better than white.
Although the study was only performed on women, I can’t imagine the results would be much different for men.