Health: Understand Wine and Your Health

Understand Wine and Your Health

Written by Nerello Glasure

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disease in France despite their ever so famously high fat diets. Since that program, it seems that red wine health effects have been on repparttar 113913

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wine consumer´s mind.

Good for Heart

Coronary artery disease is caused by a build up of cholesterol in repparttar 113916 arteries that supply repparttar 113917 blood to repparttar 113918 heart. If repparttar 113919 arteries get partially blocked repparttar 113920 heart cannot get enough oxygen and repparttar 113921 result is pain. Does red wine protect against heart disease?

Many studies suggested that moderate amount of red wine (one to two glasses a day) lowers repparttar 113922 risk of heart attack for middle aged people by 30 to 50 percent. It was also concluded that red wine may prevent additional heart attacks if you have already suffered from one.

The cholesterol that blocks these arteries is called low density lipo-protein or referred to as repparttar 113923 bad cholesterol. This is cleared from repparttar 113924 blood by high density lipo-proteins or repparttar 113925 good cholesterol. Moderate wine consumption produces a better balance of these two. Additionally, wine has an anti-coagulation effect which makes repparttar 113926 blood less likely to clot.

Red Wines

Chemical and food experts have known for years that wine contains rich deposits of vitamins, minerals, and natural sugars that are often beneficial to good health. Wine is also rich in potassium and low in sodium. Red wines have more of these elements due to repparttar 113927 juices longer contact with repparttar 113928 grape skins. Red wines are also rich in Vitamin B which comes from repparttar 113929 grape skins as well.

Tips on How to Stop Smoking

Written by Marilyn Pokorney

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Before you begin, decide what you are going to do when you have a craving. Keep a diary for a week or so and learn what times and situations tempt you to want to have a cigarette. Decide what you are going to do instead of reaching for a cigarette.

Ask your doctor for advice if you have other health problems or are worried about gaining weight.

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