Wine Benefits

The wine is very rich in antioxidants and antimicrobial. Content of nutrients considered excellent and capable of countering various diseases. Other benefits, this fruit can increase sexual arousal and sleep soundly.

Wine included in the family Vitaceae and Vitis genus. The shape of this grape skin almost round fruit with blackish-red, green, golden yellow, or purple, and coated with flour.

The pulp has a sour taste sweet, and lots of water contents. The dominant type of acid in wine is Maleic acid and citric acid. The cause of the sweet taste in wine is the high levels of glucose and fructose

Wine thought to have come from around the Black Sea and Sea Kaspi, then spread to North America, South America, and Europe, then to Asia, including Indonesia. In general, the wine is a creeping plant. Altitude is a good place not more than 300 meters above sea level.

Flavonoid in grapes consists of two types, namely quercitin and resveratrol. Resveratrol in wine was also shown to inhibit endothelin-1 (ET-1).

ET-i synthesized by endothelial cells and is one component of the cause of heart disease. In addition, in the grapes is also there which alpha tocopherol is an antioxidant component. Levels of vitamin E on the wine is 0.19 mg / 100 g fruit.

Red wine is also very good for patients consumed the high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia). Saponin content of the wine. very useful to inhibit and prevent the absorption of cholesterol in the blood.

In addition, wine is also believed to help cure various types of cancer, prevent heart attacks in a way to smooth blood flow and eliminate fatty plaque on artery walls, as well as antiviral drugs.

According to the results of two microbiological research from Canada which was published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, shows that grape juice can prevent and help cure several viral infections, such as influenza, polio, and herpes simplex type I.

This is due to the concentration of tannins in grapes are very potential to kill and disable the virus that causes the disease.