Wine has always gotten all the credit as the most health-friendly alcoholic beverage, but science has proved that champagne may be just as good for your health.
Take a look at the top 5 health benefits from drinking champagne:
5. Champagne is a mood booster.
According to Tran Ky, MD, co-author of The Healing Power of Champagne, the alcoholic beverage naturally contains trace elements that boost your mood when consumed in moderation. To get an extra mood-boosting punch, pair champagne with fish for dinner, which are rich in omega-3s and also improve your mood.
4. Champagne is easy on the waistline.
Unlike other calorie-heavy alcoholic drinks, champagne has about 80 calories per glass, which is more than both white and red wines. The bubbles in champagne have been shown to make you drink slower and feel full faster, which will help prevent you from drinking all of your calories.
3. Champagne is good for the heart.
Red wine is touted as the best drink for a healthy heart, but champagne is actually just as good. Champagne is made from both red and white grapes, and so contains the highest amount of an antioxidant called resveratrol that prevents damage to blood vessels, lowers bad cholesterol, and prevents blood clots.
Champagne also contains polyphenol antioxidants. These antioxidants slow the removal of nitric acid from the blood, which lowers blood pressure. This reduces the risk of heart problems and strokes.
2. Champagne improves short term memory.
Studies have shown that over time, champagne consumption improves short term memory because of certain proteins that it contains. Three years after regular consumption of healthy amounts of champagne, a person can have as much as 200 percent more of the memory-promoting protein in the brain compared to those who don’t drink champagne.
1. Champagne prevents dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
A study published by researchers at Reading University found a compound in Pinot noir and Pinot meunier grapes that helps prevent brain diseases. Drinking champagne up to three times a week may also improve spatial memory, which allows you to recognize surroundings, as well as perform complex calculations and tasks.
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