1. A Longer Life
Those who drink wine have a 34 percent lower mortality rate than beer or spirits drinkers, according to a Finnish study of 2,468 men over a 29-year period, published in the Journals of Gerontology.
2. Reduces Risk of Heart Disease
Red-wine tannins contain procyanidins, which protect against heart disease. Wines from Sardinia and southwest France have more procyanidins than other wines revealed a study at Queen Mary University in London.
3. Lowers Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
It has been found that moderate drinkers have 30 percent less risk than nondrinkers of developing type 2 diabetes. These were the findings from Amsterdam's VU University Medical Center based on 369,862 individuals studied over an average of 12 years each.
4. Can Lower the Risk of Stroke
For those who consume moderate amounts of alcohol, the possibility of suffering a blood clot–related stroke drops by about 50 percent. This encouraging fact was uncovered by a Columbia University study of 3,176 individuals over an eight-year period.
5. Slows Decline of Brain Function
Maybe the most impressive stat of all, brain function declines at a markedly faster rate in nondrinkers than in moderate drinkers according to a Columbia University study of 1,416 people.
Jeffrey Dale Starr is a wine enthusiast, oil painter, and owner of mobile software company Purple Falcon.
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