The Healthy Benefits of Wine and Personalised Wine Gifts
Wine rocks. First and foremost, it’s delicious. And when coupled with a Friday night, the sofa and a DVD, plays a pivotal role in the perfect start to a weekend. Second of all, there’s a bottle for all budgets – whether you’re a connoisseur picking up on raspberry notes and a soupcon of asparagus, or a novice happy to combine it with a bar of Galaxy. Thirdly, wine gifts always go down a storm. And finally, science has started to take an interest in the stuff, based on research that suggests it’s healthy to include wine in your daily diet. Result!
For a good few years now, science boffins have suggested that a glass of wine with dinner can play its part in a combating common diseases and problems associated with getting old. The question we hear you ask, is why? Well, basically speaking, wine contains anti-bacteria agents, as well as things called procyanidins – compounds that are particularly good for your blood vessels. And because wine is obviously an alcohol, a sensible amount helps thin your blood, allowing it to flow through your body more smoothly.
So here we’ve outlined five potential health benefits you’ll get from treating yourself to a glass a day.
A happy heart
As touched on above, because wine helps thin the blood, our heart doesn’t have to work quite as hard. Essentially, wine gives the heart a bit of a rest. What’s more, research has suggested that guys and gals who have themselves a glass a day are less at risk of heart disease.
Less risk of a stroke
If you’re a geek, you may’ve already put two and two together and figured out how wine helps reduce the chances of a stroke. In line with the benefits to the heart, the thinning of blood from drinking wine cuts down on the risk of blood clots that can result in strokes.
Less risk of diabetes
The composition of wine can help increase the effectiveness of the pancreas. In turn, this allows the body to rid itself of unwanted glucose more efficiently. And that reduces the chances of diabetes in later life.
Less risk of cataracts
Okay, so as yet nobody knows why, so take this claim with a small pinch of salt. But nevertheless, it appears wine can help reduce the odds of developing cataracts. We’re sceptical, given the lack of sciencey words on offer, but you never know.
A longer life
Given all of the benefits listed above, it stands to reason you’re in with a shout of prolonging your life if you drink wine in sensible volumes. Apparently, wine has also been shown to slow down the aging of the brain, allowing for greater grey-matter function as you start getting old.
Personalised wine gifts are readily available from GoneDigging. What this means is you get to pick from red, white or ros? wine, as well as Champagne, before picking a label and customising it with a name and message on an exclusive label design.
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