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Wine is a mild natural tranquilizer, serving to reduce anxiety and tension. As part of a normal diet, wine provides the body with energy, with substances that aid digestion, and with small amounts of minerals and vitamins. It can also stimulate the appetite. In addition, wine serves to restore nutritional balance, relieve tension, sedate and act as a mild euphoric agent to the convalescent and especially the aged.
 
 Regular moderate wine drinking was discovered to be the one consistency. Studies in England and Denmark found the occurrence of coronary disease to be much higher in heavy or binge drinkers and (surprise!) even higher in abstainers. It is very important to note that Europeans generally drink wine and water with their meals, while Americans drink milk, iced tea, soft drinks, or coffee.
 
 Moderate consumption of red wine on a regular basis may be a preventative against coronary disease and some forms of cancer. The chemical components thought to be responsible are catechins, also known as flavanoids and related to tannins . Catechins are believed to function as anti-oxidants, preventing molecules known as "free-radicals" from doing cellular damage. One particular form of flavinoid, called oligomeric procyanidin, recently proved to prevent hardening of the arteries.
 
There are also compounds in grapes and wine (especially red wine, grape juice, dark beers and tea, but absent in white wine, light beers and spirits) called resveratrol and quercetin. Clinical and statistical evidence and laboratory studies have shown these may boost the immune system, block cancer formation, and possibly protect against heart disease and even prolong life.
 
The keys to the beneficial aspects of wine drinking are regularity and moderation. The importance of this pattern of consumption is almost impossible to over-emphasize. Overindulgence can be considerably more harmful than total abstinence

To learn more about wine, watch Ag Lifestyles this week as we visit Bluffdale Vineyards, located on the edge of Erath County 45 minutes southwest of Fort Worth, Texas. This three-acre vineyard is full of two types of grapes able to withstand the Pierces Disease that attacks most grapes in Texas. The Black Spanish and Blanc DuBois grapes grown here are highly resistant to the pathogen.

 

  http://www.bluffdalevineyards.com/

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