It has been long known that a glass or two (no more or you get into liver and other health issues) of red wine is good for your heart. White wine supposedly had no health benefits other than the enjoyment of the tipple. Well white wine drinkers can now rejoice because a recent study conducted by the University of Connecticut shows the same beneficial effects.
The conventional wisdom centered around the differences in the fermentation process between red and white wines. Red wines ferment with the skins of the grape. This is what imparts the red color. It is also what releases a substance called resveratrol which was supposedly the good stuff for the heart. Since white whites are fermented with only the grape pulp there was no resveratrol, so no heart benefits.
Well the University of Connecticut employed the services of some very happy mice. One group was given the mouse equivalent of 2 glasses of red wine daily; another the same quantity of white; and, of course there was a control group. At the end of the study both the red and white group showed the same level of improvement in heart health as compared to the control. The researches are not completely sure why the white group did so well. It may have more to do with some phyto-nutrients in the grapes than anything else.
Who cares why – both red and white wine drinkers can now raise a toast as they take their daily medicine.
Cheers!
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