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But NOT so good for your teeth! – Just in time for Christmas dinner, there is good news and bad news about wine (and alcohol in general): Wine is good for your heart but bad for your teeth.
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It’s a scientific fact that wine tastes different to people who are given information about the wine before they drink it. When you read the edge news at unknowncountry, you never get what you expect!

When 163 test people tasted a red wine which a wine expert Robert Parker had given 92 points out of 100 to, the ones who were told about the positive appraisal before the tasting liked it much better than a second group, who were told that the wine had only scored 72 points and was thus average.
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We have reported before on how red wine can almost be considered a medicine?and it’s also a good disinfectant!

The consumption of more than three glasses of red wine a week reduces the risk of getting colon cancer. Also, researchers have found that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as those who do not drink red wine. Red wine appears particularly protective against advanced or aggressive cancers. It also helps protect against a heart attack, a stroke and diabetes.
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By now, most of us have heard about the health benefits of red wine, which contains a heart-healthy substance called resveratrol. Red wine is wine made from grapes with the skins left on–in white wine, the skins are removed before the grapes are pressed. Now it’s been discovered that white wine has the same benefits as red, so you can pick the kind YOU like best.

In LiveScience.com, Steven Reinberg quotes researcher Johan Auwerx as saying, "The compound resveratrol, found in the skin of red grapes and cranberries, [is] known to be involved in lifespan extension."
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