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Grapes May be Good for Your Heart & Your IQ

For years, researchers have been telling us that wine is the reason the French have so little heart disease compared to the rest of the world, inspite of the fact that their gourmet taste buds cannot resist creamy sauces, cheese and butter. A daily glass of red wine has also been shown to help stave off heart disease and even cancer, but now a study of nearly 700 Danish adults ages 29 to 34 suggests that wine drinkers also tend to score higher on intelligence tests too.

The study was reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal published by the American Medical Association. “Our results suggest that wine drinking is associated with optimal social, intellectual and personality functioning,” wrote the study’s author, Erik Mortensen of the Danish Epidemiology Science Center in Copenhagen.

Previous studies have shown that light to moderate red wine consumption relieves stress and improves blood circulation, deterrents to both heart disease and mental decline. Nutrients found in red wine, known as polyphenols, are also believed to be the key ingredients found to lower the risk of several other key health problems, including stroke, cancer of the upper digestive

tract and the lung, age related blindness (Macular Degeneration) and hip fractures.

Note: It is the polyphenols, known as flavanols, that are the beneficial ingredients in grapes, not the alcohol. Although alcohol does concentrate the flavanols, it of course is also toxic to the liver. Research has shown that three glasses of grape juice equals 1 glass of wine. Even more concentrated are the seed of grapes. I believe Grape Seed Extract is the most potent preventive medicine you can take. For more information on GSE, click here: GSE Ultra 110