Healthy Living

It is our intent to keep winemakers up to date on the latest developments in health. Specifically, we wish to provide a down to earth iteration of medical research abstracts and corroborate news headlines in relation to wine and health.
This section is written and maintained by Dr. Oliver Trochta who practices in Hamilton, Grimsby and Thorold Ontario.

Articles include:

• Moderate Alcohol Consumption Has Beneficial Glycemic Effects
• Microbial aromatic acid metabolites formed in the gut account for a major fraction of the polyphenols excreted in urine of rats fed red wine polyphenols
• Cardioprotection with Alcohol Role of Both Alcohol and Polyphenolic Antioxidants
• Endothelin-1 synthesis reduced by red wine
• Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominum
• The "French paradox" and beyond: neuroprotective effects of polyphenols(1,2)

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