The Wine Fact Center

Wine is one of those things that there has been endless research findings about, both positive and negative. Nobody likes to hear the bad stuff, so its quite refreshing when something a little more positive hits the news. For example, when it was proven that drinking the odd glass of red wine thinned the blood and reduced the risk of heart attack, you could practically here the corks popping around the country. Now there maybe another reason to dust of the glassware as scientists have found that wine actually aids digestive function.

A research study was conducted in Manchester, England over a period of two months and monitored peoples digestive functioning when they consumed various quantities of red, white and rosé wine.The results concluded that digestive functioning was enhanced in those subjects who consumed a glass of wine for each evening that the study ran. Red wine was triumphant in the results again, although both white and rosé still displayed positive results.  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.

Despite the fact that wine has diuretic qualities, it has been argued that it improves digestive transit by relaxing the muscles that surround the walls of the intestine and stomach. What this means is that anything you consume moves through the body with greater ease and no blockages are caused.You should however note that this research study monitored people for only a short amount of time and we do not know what the effects were long term.  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