Recent research has revealed that drinking red wine may actually increase women's sexual desire and is correlated with higher sexual health in women, especially older women. A recent study at the University of Florence tested 800 women aged 18 to 50 and found that those who drank one or two glasses of red wine daily scored higher on the Female Sexual Function Index and tended to be older than the other two groups (those who drank less than one glass a day and those who did not drink at all). More about the research study , Red wine increases sex drive in women.
Red wine has been touted as healthy for many reasons. Red wine and the heart It seems that antioxidants found in red wine, most noted being Resveratrol, might be a key ingredient that may help prevent blood vessel damage, reduce "bad" cholesterol and even prevent blood clots.
Red wine has also been suggested as helpful in preventing some forms of cancer, e.g., breast cancer, and can actually help one to think more clearly. However, there are some caveats. Red wine can elevate triglyceride levels, increase estrogen levels (assosciated with growth of tumors), trigger migraines, and lead to weight gain. Is wine good for you?
How much wine do you drink? Do you feel that wine is healthy for you or detrimental to your health? And of course, if you are one of the many people who have a drinking problem, then wine may not be healthy for you, even if it could possibly enhance some of your physiology.
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The truth is one can not obtain sufficient resveratrol merely from drinking red wine. An entire bottle only contains about 7 mg whereas the studies at Harvard and other intitutions used over 300mg. A supplement is the only way to obtain this quantity. Since the Dr. Sinclair study was published in Nature a flood of dubious companies have sprung up selling resveratrol. Many have no scientist, no labs, no quality control and no experience. Consumer Lab, an independent testing authority, evaluated the major brands and found many lacking in content and quality. The highest potency products that passed their evaluation were Biotivia, Transmax and Bioforte. A product by Life Extension Co. failed badly with only 26% of the claimed resveratrol. Another brand, Revatrol, had virtually no trans-resveratrol in its supplement. The ConsumerLab test results are available on their web site.
According to the NIH formula for converting from mice to humans is 330mg daily.
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