Red Wine and Resveratrol
Thursday July 29, 2010
Many of the much touted health benefits of red wine rest firmly on the antioxidant compound, resveratrol, found in the skins and seeds of grapes. Since red wines typically enjoy extended contact time with the grape's skins during fermentation they will naturally have higher levels of resveratrol.
It's these elevated resveratrol levels in red wine that are causing much of the buzz in many studies correlating red wine consumption with a wide variety of health benefits. Want to learn more about red wine's resveratrol compound and what it could mean for your health? Check it out here.
Comments
The health benefits of red wine is why I began drinking wine. I love to joke with friends and say, however, it is not why I CONTINUE to drink red wine! Thanks for sharing this information.
Karen,
I think many share your initial health-related, red wine invitation and have since stayed with it for “other” reasons as well! Thanks for the post.