Red wine is good for you blah blah blah

I'm beginning to think the red wine industry must have a great set of lobbyists and scientists in their pocket. Regardless, if they tell me to drink it because it's good for me who am I to resist?

"New research from the William Harvey Research Institute and the University of Glasgow shows that red wines from areas of greater longevity in southwest France and Sardinia have higher levels of procyanidins - a type of flavonoid polyphenol with potent protective effects on blood vessels.

The traditional production methods used in Sardinia and south western France ensure that the beneficial compounds, procyanidins, are efficiently extracted. This may explain the strong association between consumption of traditional tannic wines with overall wellbeing, reflected in greater longevity."

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