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• promotes longevity
Source: a Finnish study of 2,468 men over a 29-year period, published in the Journals of Gerontology, 2007.

• reduced heart attack risk
Source: a 16-year Harvard School of Public Health study of 11,711 men, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007.

• lowers risk of heart disease
Red-wine tannins contain procyanidins which protect against heart disease. Wines from Sardinia and southwest France have more procyanidins than other wines.
Source: a study of Queen Mary University in London, published in Nature, 2006.

• reduces risk of type 2 diabetes
Moderate drinkers have 30 percent less risk than nondrinkers of developing type 2 diabetes.
Source: research on 369,862 individuals studied over an average of 12 years each at Amsterdam’s VU University Medical Center, published in Diabetes Care, 2005.

• lowers risk of stroke
The possibility of suffering a blood clot-related stroke drops by about 50% in people who consume moderate amounts of alcohol.
Source: a Columbia University study of 3,176 individuals over an eight-year period, published in Stroke, 2006.

• cuts risk of cataracts
Moderate drinkers are 32 percent less likely to get cataracts than nondrinkers; those who consume wine are 43 percent less likely to develop cataracts than those drinking mainly beer.
Source: a study of 1,379 individuals in Iceland, published in Nature, 2003.

• cuts risk of colon cancer
Moderate consumption of red wine cuts the risk of colon cancer by 45%.
Source: a Stony Brook University study of 2,291 individuals over a four-year period, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005.

• slows brain decline
Brain function declines at a markedly faster rate in nondrinkers than in moderate drinkers.
Source: a Columbia University study of 1,416 people, published in Neuroepidemiology, 2006.