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March 9, 2009 -- Red or white wine with dinner? A new study suggests a woman's wine choice should be based on personal preference rather than any hope that a wine's color may affect its breast cancer-fighting ability. "We found no difference between red or white wine in relation to breast cancer risk. Neither appears to have any benefits," researcher Polly Newcomb, PhD, MPH, head of the Cancer Prevention Program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, says in a news release.

Everyone loves white wine, but you might not know that it has health benefits. This article fills you in about all you need to know.

"Proanthocyanidin (PA or PAC), also known as procyanidin, oligomeric proanthocyanidin (OPC), leukocyanidin, leucoanthocyanin and condensed tannins, is a class of flavanols. Proanthocyanidins are essentially polymer chains of flavonoids such as catechins.[1] One was discovered in 1936 by Professor Jacques Masquelier and called Vitamin P, although this name did not gain official category status and has since fallen out of usage. It was Masquelier who first developed techniques for the extraction of proanthocyanidins from certain plant species. Proanthocyanidins have been sold as nutritional and therapeutic supplements in Europe since the 1980s, but their introduction to the United States market has been relatively recent. In the human body, they might act as antioxidants (free radical scavengers).[citation needed] OPCs may help protect against the effects of internal and environmental stresses such as cigarette smoking and pollution, as well as supporting normal body metabolic processes. The effects may include depressing blood fat, emolliating blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, preventing blood vessel scleroses, dropping blood viscidity and preventing thrombus formation [18]. Additionally, studies have shown that OPCs may prevent cardiovascular diseases by counteracting the negative effects of high cholesterol on the heart and blood vessels. Pycnogenol® is the name of such an OPCs commercial formulation. OPCs are available from fresh grapes, grape juice, and red wine. Although in milligrams per ounce red wine may contain more OPCs than red grape juice, red grape juice contains more OPCs per average serving size. An 8 ounce serving of grape juice averages 124 milligrams OPCs, while a 5 ounce serving of red wine averages 91 milligrams.[19][20] Many other foods and beverages also contain high amounts of OPCs, but very few come close to the levels found in red grape seeds and skins (which readily disperse into grape juice when crushed)

Is a glass or two of wine a day good for you? You would think this would be an easy question to answer, but it's not, and that's because of this: How many glasses of wine are in a bottle? If you answered 4-5, continue reading. Because guess what? Apparently the answer is eight. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, they are serious. Unplug your monitor and ram it into your skull as hard as you can.

"Because in Track Your Plaque we've been thinking a lot about anthocyanins, here's a rerun of a previous Heart Scan Blog post about red wine. (Anthocyanins are among the interesting flavonoids in red wine, along with resveratrol and quercetin.) "

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Effect of drinking on adiponectin in healthy men and women: A randomised intervention study of water, ethanol, red wine and beer with or without alcohol.\nImhof A, Plamper I, Maier S, Trischler G, Koenig W.\nDiabetes Care. 2009 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]\nPMID: 19244090 \nDOI: 10.2337/dc08-1723\n

Various selected vegetables, fruits, mushrooms and red wine residue inhibit bone resorption in rats. Mühlbauer RC, Lozano A, Reinli A, Wetli H. J Nutr. 2003 Nov;133(11):3592-7. PMID: 14608079

Sometimes, you tend to experience a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal. To get rid of it, you can bite a few cruxes of hazelnuts, walnuts with a little red wine to see immediate effect.

Cut the garlic cloves into quarter, clean the garlic and place it in a container. Pour ½ liter of red wine and recap the jar tightly. Keep it in a bright place for about 2 weeks.

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A glass of wine each evening is enough to increase your risk of developing cancer, women are being warned.\nConsuming just one drink a day causes an extra 7,000 cancer cases - mostly breast cancer - in UK women each year, Cancer Research UK scientists say

Its been two days in Oprah aired her special about the amazing anti-aging and weight loss properties of Resveratrol and the results have been amazing. We have had over 500 requests for our free sample bottle of Resveratrol and every day demand continues to grow. Many of our visitors didn't seem to know that Resveratrol not only will give you loads of energy and promote younger looking skin, but it also is amazing for weight loss. As Dr.Oz said on Oprah just a few days ago Resveratrol promotes Calorie restriction naturaly. This means that just by taking a reveratrol supplement or by drinking 12 bottles of red wine a day. You can help promote natural weightloss with one simple pill, its really just that simple. But don't just take our word for it. See what Dr.Oz said about Resveratrol Here.