Based on the 'French Paradox'.....red wine is good for your heart! As per research by Serge Renaud ...suggested that wine was the decisive factor in protecting the people in southern France from their very high fat diets and ultimately coronary heart disease. Even if these people do eat large quantities of high fat cheese, pâté, and salami they have some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world. Hmmmm.
Red wine has a wide variety of flavanoids and flavanoids act as antioxidants. Antioxidants purge free radicals. Free radicals attack healthy cells membrame through the process called oxidation. So to wage war on these villains we have to anti-oxidate!
So what does oxidation and free radicals have to do with heart disease?
Low density lipoproteins, commonly know as “bad” LDL, can penetrate and gather against the inner walls of our arteries, under certain conditions, forming fatty streaks and plaque. Taken alone, LDL particles aren’t so dangerous it seems, however, when attacked by free radicals they turn into dangerous and somewhat aggressive cells, capable of actually penetrating and harming the smooth inner walls of our arteries. This process is called oxidation. Oxidized LDL is known to be the culprit in stimulating atherosclerosis, heart disease and stroke.
So here is a toast to my new friend..........CHEERS!!!
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