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tudies of red wine consumption have established that a couple of glasses per day can lead to a reduction in the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, kidney stones and strokes. Kosher Wines
The beneficial effects arise from the polyphenols and antioxidants in red grape skins and also have anti-aging effects and can strengthen our bones. Kosher wine

Some say the supposed health benefits of drinking wine is directly attributable to the alcohol content of the wine itself — which is, that alcohol is a blood thinner and reduces the blood’s tendency to clot. Thus, alcohol can reduce the likelihood of stroke from high blood pressure and cardiac or pulmonary issues related to blood clotting internally. Some claim that plain grape juice is actually the preferred choice for true health benefits.
The Copenhagen Heart Study differed from other major studies in that it did not find life-prolonging benefits from drinking other forms of alcohol, nor did it find health benefits beginning to diminish Above 3 glasses of wine per day. Cross-cultural analyses have reported that countries with high per person wine consumption have lower rates of coronary disease, but this is one of the first in-depth beverage-specific studies within a non-Mediterranean country to find such strong evidence of wine’s beneficial effects. Israeli wines
It is known that alcohol consumption reduces the risk of coronary heart disease and overall mortality. [JM - This statement is a bit strong. Statistical studies show a relationship between two variables (here, moderate alcohol consumption and reduced incidence of heart disease), but they do not establish a cause and effect relationship - “proof” that one causes the other. The recent wealth of data should give us more confidence in a cause and effect relationship, but we are not nearly to the point of “proof.” It took many years and hundreds of studies before the Surgeon General was willing to declare that smoking causes cancer.] But it has been less clear just how alcohol works to protect the body against heart disease and death.
A new study from researchers at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland. identifies a mechanism for how alcohol favorably effects arterial muscle cells. According to Wilhelm Vetter, M.D., and colleagues, alcohol, when drunk around mealtime, reduces the growth of smooth muscle cells (SMC) within the arteries. SMC growth is a key element in the develop-ment of atherosclerosis, which commonly leads to heart attacks and strokes.
Women also can benefit from wine consumption as new study from Harvard University researcher Gary Curhan and colleagues has said, using more than 81,000 women participants drawn from the Nurses’ Health Study, found that an increase in fluid intake significantly reduces risk for kidney stones and that risk reduction was greatest for wine compared with other beverages. Out of many beverages tested that included tea, coffee, fruit juices, milk and water, wine was associated with the highest reduction in risk - 59%.
Researchers noted: “Intakes of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, tea and wine were associated with decreased risk.” Curran and colleagues reported similar results for men and kidney stones in 1996. Wine consumption was associated with greatest risk reduction - 39%.