| Although wine may be the oldest remedy and | | | | cancer formation, and possibly protect against |
| prophylactic still in use, there was an entire | | | | heart disease and even prolong life. |
| generation of medical professionals, especially in | | | | More evidence suggests that wine dilates the |
| America, that obtained their medical education | | | | small blood vessels and helps to prevent angina |
| during the historical period known as Prohibition. | | | | and clotting. Alcohol component in wine also help in |
| Medical texts for nearly twenty-five years were | | | | the maintenance of cholesterol in a human body. |
| purged and censored of any mention of alcohol, | | | | Wine might even defend cognitive function in the |
| including wine, for any application other than | | | | elderly. Several European studies have shown the |
| external. This medical generation became | | | | prophylactic effects of regular light to moderate |
| educators to the following one, perpetuating | | | | alcohol consumption may include the prevention or |
| medical ignorance of the potential health benefits | | | | adjournment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other |
| of wine. | | | | forms of dementia. Could wine be the original brain |
| REGULARITY & MODERATION: Moderate wine | | | | food? |
| drinking was discovered to be one prominent | | | | Over 400 studies worldwide, and the other |
| factor. Studies in England and Denmark found the | | | | awareness aspects have concluded that the |
| occurrence of coronary disease to be much | | | | peoples who drink wine regularly and moderately |
| higher in heavy or binge drinkers and (surprise!) | | | | live longer. |
| even higher in abstainers. | | | | The single group exception, whose members |
| Moderate consumption of red wine on a regular | | | | should not consume any alcohol, is pre-menopausal |
| basis may be a preventative against coronary | | | | women with a family history of breast cancer. |
| disease and some forms of cancer. Clinical and | | | | The keys to the beneficial aspects are regularity |
| statistical evidence and laboratory studies have | | | | and moderation. Overindulgence can be |
| shown these to boost the immune system, block | | | | considerably more harmful than total abstinence. |