What are the advantages and disadvantages of drinking red wine?

Red wine is a favorite drink for many people. It originated in the West, but is very common in China. Red wine has high nutritional value, unique taste, and can nourish the myocardium, prevent heart disease, and delay aging. However, drinking red wine on a regular basis has not only these benefits but also some disadvantages. If you want to fully understand it, you can read my detailed introduction to the advantages and disadvantages of drinking red wine below.

Benefits of drinking red wine

1. Protect your heart

Protecting the heart is one of the important benefits of drinking red wine, because red wine is rich in inorganic salts, trace elements potassium, trace elements magnesium and other nutrients, these substances can not only increase the elasticity of coronary arteries, but also promote blood circulation, and can nourish the myocardium, can improve heart function and prevent heart disease.

2. Protect cardiovascular system

Drinking some red wine in moderation on a regular basis can have a significant protective effect on human cardiovascular system. The resveratrol contained in red wine can soften blood vessels, prevent and treat anemia, promote blood circulation, purify blood, and clear triglycerides and cholesterol accumulated in the blood. It has a significant preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases that often occur in middle-aged and elderly people.

3. Improve digestive function

Red wine contains a certain amount of tartaric acid and fruit acid. After these substances are absorbed by the human body, they can promote the secretion of gastric acid, and the tannins it contains can also accelerate the contraction of muscles in the intestines. Usually, people drink some red wine in moderation to improve gastrointestinal digestion function, cleanse the intestines and detoxify to prevent constipation.

Disadvantages of drinking red wine

Normally, people drink red wine in moderation, which has no obvious harm to the body. However, drinking too much red wine will increase the burden on the heart, liver and brain, causing the functions of these organs to degenerate or become diseased. In addition, if red wine is drunk with inappropriate foods, it will also increase the burden on the intestines and easily cause some adverse reactions to the human body. These are the common disadvantages of drinking red wine.