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Regular Wine Consumption Cuts Down on Dementia in Women, Increases Fun Factor

By crooky | April 14, 2008

I’m failing to see a downside in this news. A recent study has come out that proves regular (weekly) wine consumption reduces the likelihood of dementia in women by as much as 70%. My own personal research into this matter has also found that regular wine consumption increases the “fun” metric in women by as much as 80%.

The study goes on to show that this effect is only experienced when the women drink wine exclusively. Other alcoholic drinks increase the risk of other health problems. There have been other studies that have shown the positive impacts of regular wine consuption for women and men including:

- Anti-aging effects in red grape skins (Harvard Medical School in Boston, 2004)

- Improved lung function from antioxidants in white wine (American Thoracic Society, 2002)

- Coronary heart disease reduced (University of California, Davis, 1995)

- Healthier blood vessels in elderly (University of Ferrara in Italy, 2004)

- Ulcer-causing bacteria reduced (American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2003)

- Cancer cells killed by protein in red grape skins (University of Virginia Health System, 2004)

- Arteries kept clean by polyphenols in red grape skins (William Harvey Research Institute, 2002)

- Decreased ovarian cancer risk (The Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia, 2004)

- Stronger bones (Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, 2004)

- Lower risk of stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001)

- Lower risk of heart attack for men with high blood pressure (Worcester Medical Center in Massachusetts, 2004)

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I think what I’m suggesting is that if we all drink a little more wine and a lot less of everything else. Everything will turn up roses.

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Aaron “Crooky” Cruikshank is the Principal and Founder of Friuch Consulting. He has written professionally about science and technology for ten years.

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