The Wine Fact Center

There are findings all the time in the news about how wine effects the body, some positive, most negative. Nobody likes to hear the bad stuff, so its quite refreshing when something a little more positive hits the news. For instance, it was revealed a while back that you could reduce your risk of suffering a heart attack by drinking moderate abouts of red wine, and everyone was over the moon with this news. Now there maybe another reason to dust of the glassware as scientists have found that wine actually aids digestive function.

A two month long study that took place in Manchester, England looked at the effects that giving people a glass of wine each evening had on digestion.The results concluded that digestive functioning was enhanced in those subjects who consumed a glass of wine for each evening that the study ran. Although white wine and rosé still had a positive effect on digestion, red wine had the biggest impact.  Unfortunately, champagne did not seem to help digestion so you can put those champagne glasses away again for the time being. Also, you cannot indulge yourself with wine and expect the same positive effects on digestion, as all the benefits are lost if you exceed more than one glass a day.

The suggestion has been made by those who conducted the research that although wine will dehydrate the body if you drink enough of it, small amounts relax digestive muscles and help to regulate their peristaltic contractions. What this means is that anything you consume moves through the body with greater ease and no blockages are caused.You should bear in mind however that the research was done over a relatively short period of time and the long term effects of drinking wine on digestion are not known.  The overruling advice seems to be that you can enjoy the odd glass of wine without too much issue and it may even be good for you, but if you start feeling unwell or find youself drinking your wine out of glass vases then you may need to see a doctor