Why Red Wine Should Be Your
Stay-At-Home Drink of Choice.
As many people in the United States continue to
find themselves stuck at home, alcohol sales have
unsurprisingly seen a drastic increase.
Online alcohol orders rose a whopping
243 percent in the week ending March 21,
compared to the same period last year.
According to a study conducted by
researchers at Kings College London,
you may want to consider choosing red
wine as your lockdown drink of choice.
The study found that in a group of 916
women, those who drank red wine displayed
a more diverse gut microbiome (GM).
Moderate red wine consumption is associated with greater diversity and a healthier gut microbiota that partly explain its long debated beneficial effects on health, Dr. Caroline Le Roy, via ‘Women’s Health’.
The GM plays a significant role in a person’s body, as its health directly plays a role in the effectiveness of the immune system and vice versa.
However, lead author Dr. Caroline Le Roy
stressed that “moderation” is key, as an
infrequent glass was found to still provide
the same health benefits.
Drinking red wine rarely, such as
once every two weeks, seems to
be enough to observe an effect, Dr. Caroline Le Roy, via ‘Women’s Health’