The title is little surprising isn’t it but its true even it is alcohol but if consumed in moderation can give varied benefits to both men and women.

Red wine is rich in various nutritious compounds mainly antioxidants which helps body is several ways which is found by different studies conducted on it.

Generally it’s popular among women but men should switch to red wine as it is singular alcohol which gives benefits for health such as-

• Unlike others its effect on heart is greatly admired as it is found that red wine lowers the level of bad fat that is low density lipoproteins in body and increases the quantity of high density lipoproteins which are needed to throw off bad cholesterol out of body.

• Even it contains certain polyphenols which protects saturation of fat over lining of blood vessel of heart and thus prevents accumulation of plaque which is the reason for heart attack.

• A compound found in red wine called resveratol is of great importance it is said to be beneficial in cancer and tumor. It is basically a powerful antioxidant which lowers the growth of certain enzymes which promotes the formation of carcinogens in body to cause cancer.

Resveratol also curbs the nutrient supply to tumor and thus limits its growth                                             and suppresses the tumor.

·           Moderate, regular consumption of red wine lowers the chances of having   neurological disorders. It has been found that this wine is effective in prevention of diseases like Alzheimer’s.

·         It is capable in avoiding arthrosclerosis which is a condition in this the cholesterol gets accumulated on the walls of arteries of heart and thereby preventing the flow of blood towards heart this is the primary sign of heart diseases and attack which needs to be cured early.

·         Red wine has blood thinning property which helps in prevention of blood clot formation inside the vital organs such as heart or brain which leads to reduced oxygen flow to them.

All these benefits can be achieved by moderate consumption of red wine if the consumption exceeds it will lead to other ill effects of alcohol as liver damage. Ideal amount of consumption is 1 glass (150ml)/ day. There are many types of wine available in market among them French wine is more beneficial to health.