Losing weight is as tedious a task as climbing a steep and bulky rock. Alas, all the weight loss plans get ruined within a couple of days as these are difficult to follow for a long time.
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Amidst all these struggles, who can imagine searching ‘wine for weight loss’!
But we have good news. Yes, drinking wine before bed can help in losing weight considerably.
What is Red Wine?
Red wine is prepared from black or red grapes. The wine gets its much-desired color from the pigment which is extracted from the grape skin and that remains intact along with the pulp during wine preparation.
During the fermentation process, components like sugar, alcohol and yeast get added to it.
The quality of red wine in terms of taste, color and fragrance vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
Nutritional facts about red wine
While there are calories in red wine, but these are not as bad as other highly processed food choices. In fact, it has been proved that carbs in wine are good for our health.
It has been proved through studies that the intake of two medium-sized glasses of wine helps in lowering the risk of obesity by 70%.
The benefits of drinking red wine before bed are numerous as it has the following qualities:
a) It is loaded with antioxidants
It’s a proven fact that apart from alcohol and calories, red wine has a rich amount of antioxidants that help in the removal of free radicals.
These antioxidants also help in keeping the heart health intact along with strengthening the immunity of the body [1].
b) It has resveratrol
Resveratrol is a plant compound which is highly present in the skin of grapes and berries. During fermentation, this compound is thoroughly profused into the wine. Resveratrol is one of the most precious compound attributing to its high health benefits.
Be it the fluctuation in the blood pressure, improving blood cholesterol levels, brain health or even, managing blood glucose levels, resveratrol helps in its efficient and healthy management.
c) It has flavonoids
The flavonoids help in inhibiting the ROS (reactive oxygen species). This feature imparts the flavonoids to be an excellent antioxidant, anticancer, protection against UV rays by absorbing the same, bone health as well as heart protective property.
The nutritional value of red wine depends upon the amount of alcohol and sugar in it. The calorie count in 100 ml red wine varies between 50 and 85.
Some of the other minerals present in red wine are fluorine, manganese, phosphorus, iron, potassium, vitamin B6 and B12, and choline.
Moreover, diet wine has fewer calories, hence, it helps in quick weight loss.
Following are some associated benefits of red wine:
The numerous health benefits of red wine are recognized through research by the University of South Carolina undertaken by Shannon Margon Anfindsen in May 2015.
1) It helps in improving our heart health:
Due to the presence of antioxidants, it is extremely good for our heart. It helps in improving good cholesterol (HDL) [2]. The presence of resveratrol helps in given protection to the inner linings of the blood vessel and it also lowers the chances of blood clots.
It activates a protein, sirtuin 1, which gives protection to the heart against inflammations. Besides this, drinking wine helps you lose weight also.
2) It helps in fighting diabetes:
It has been shown through studies that red wine helps in lowering the cardiometabolic rate in those suffering from type-2 diabetes.
As per the study published by the American Diabetes Association, it is seen that oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) causes damage to the membranes.
In fact, excess glucose gets converted to ROS while interfering with various metabolic pathways. The beta-cells, specifically, are deficient of two major antioxidants, making the same more prone to damage.
Therefore, the antioxidants present in the red wine helps in eradicating the ROS as well as the complications of glucose toxicity [3].
Therefore, reducing the complications related to type- 2 diabetes.
3) It helps in raising Omega 3 fatty acid:
Due to the high level of omega 3 fatty acids, the person gets protection against the coronary heart diseases.
What the red wine mainly does is that it helps in raising the omega 3 fatty acids in our plasma and RBCs (red blood cells). Hence, drinking wine is very beneficial [4].
Also, the inflammatory response in blood vessels is also reduced owing to high omega-3 fat content that in turn protects heart health.
4) It supports anti-ageing:
You will be glad to find that red wine helps in anti-ageing. As it is rich in antioxidants such as resveratrol, flavonoids, and tannin, it helps in restoring collagen and elastic fibre for fighting against ageing.
The added advantage is that the presence of polyphenols will help in giving you an instant glow by transforming the dull complexion.
5) It helps in preventing breast cancer:
Normally, it has been found that consumption of alcohol helps in aggravating the growth of cancer cells in the woman due to high estrogen level.
However, the presence of the AIs (aromatase inhibitors) in red wine lowers the estrogen levels and increasing the testosterone as the woman progress towards menopause.
Also, the compound resveratrol has the capacity to stop and prevents the aggregation of p53 protein which is mutant in nature and is responsible for spreading of cancer cells.
6) It helps in preventing obesity:
Red wine is proved to be an excellent weight loss drink. The presence of resveratrol in red wine helps in catalysis of turning the bad fat into good brown fat (which helps in burning the calories and is known as beige fat).
There is a close relationship between red wine and weight loss. It also helps in the oxidation of the dietary fats and prevention of the body getting overloaded.
As good brown fat helps in burning of heat, it helps in preventing obesity as well as metabolic dysfunction. The benefits of drinking wine before bed lead to weight loss.
7) It helps in preventing sunburn:
It helps in preventing us from the harmful UV rays and can help in preventing severe sunburn. UV rays lead to activation of ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) which oxidize DNA, fats etc.
This process results in the stimulation of other enzymes that can be extremely harmful to the skin. However, the presence of flavonoids helps in restricting the ROS in the skin which is exposed to harmful UV rays.
8) It helps in boosting brain health and lowering the stress levels:
Although the molecules of the wine are tasteless, yet, it helps in stimulating the brain to get those sensations which help the grey matter of the brain to work harder, hence it helps in improving the brain health.
The presence of resveratrol red wine helps in stimulating a stress response gene that helps in protecting our DNA when we are stressed.
9) It helps in skin treatment:
The antioxidants laden red wine can be used to make face packs for treating skin problems such as wrinkles, acne, and blemishes.
Its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory property helps in repairing skin damage and preventing the occurrence of wrinkles.
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Though the excess of anything is harmful, if taken in moderation, red wine imparts many health benefits and definitely can help in weight loss. BMI
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Hey, thanks for this article. It’s very tempting, but since I am a teetotal alcoholic, I’ll have to give the red wine a miss.
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