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Is red wine healthy?

Firstly, I chose to focus on red wine because that´s usually what people ask about and that´s where the regular debate is. Red wine is the one drink that is most affiliated with food. Its also the one drink that people associate with longevity and health benefits.

Isn’t this a site about planning your meal?

Yes it absolutely is. Why I'm focusing on red wine is because it´s such an culturally excepted drink and like I wrote in the last post can affect your health and actually increase your weight gain; not necessarily because red wine is high in calories but because of the after effects that drinking has on your hunger and decision making.

Let´s be logical

Secondly, there is, excuse my french, no kiss ass articles on this blog. I write about health, diet and over all well being in a way that´s logical and that can in reality benefit you and me. If you are looking for an article that, after you have read it, assures you that your drinking habit is fine then you have come to the wrong place and you might as well read another article. So, with that said let´s get started.

Evidence and proof

like I mentioned in my last post there are studies that have shown that wine and small amounts of alcohol can have positive affects on the health. It is proven that alcohol have a thinning affect on the blood, prevent heart disease and fight certain cancers. It is proven that wine contains resveratrol which can positively affect us humans.

The paragraph above is something you can read on the Internet in papers and health magazines all the time. After reading it you starting feeling contempt with yourself and you don’t feel guilty anymore because it´s now PROVEN that alcohol is healthy for you. The word PROVEN is used very dangerously and we automatically relax and don’t delve into the subject any further. Why should I, they say its PROVEN!

False certainty

Normally we are not out to change but we are looking for someone to calm us down and concur with us so we can keep on living the same way without taking action and drastically changing our habits. Usually we don’t want the truth. But, the truth will set us free and the truth can be hard, it can take a lot of discipline and make us alter our way of thinking in everyday life but in the end it is far better to be honest then to delude ourselves.

In the next post I will cover reveratrol and other declared health benefits of red wine.



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