Drink Wine this Holiday Season

      It's the holiday season once again friends and what does this mean?  We are all guilty of one thing, over-eating.  It seems that food becomes irresistible during the holidays.  No matter how hard we  try, we just cannot resist the urge to try the food that is offered by friends whether in the office or in the department stores.  There are many free-tasting of new products introduced in the market everywhere like ham, and etc.  They just materialize everywhere during the holiday season.  Food becomes just so tempting that we can't resist buying and eating.  It seems that the holidays is the excuse to eat the things and drink the beverages that we skipped the entire year. 

   Of all the things that you eat and drink during the holidays (or even in ordinary days), you should not forget to drink one important item, wine. Wine is healthy as it does wonders to your system. Here are the benefits that you get from sipping wine.  But first, according to experts, wine should be sipped, not gulped.  The process of intaking wine begins with sniffing the "bouquet," or simply the aroma of the liquid.  Sniffing or enhaling the bouquet allows for better appreciation of the therapeutic liquid.  I say therapeutic because wine contains anti-oxidants like procyanidin that decreases the likelihood of developing a cardio-vascular illness.    The phenolic compounds in wine were also discovered by researchers.  These compounds  reduces the development of various types of cancers.  Drinking wine was found to be related to weight loss also.  It was found out that after drinking wine calories and fats can be burned.  The alcohol may have something to do with the prevention of accumulation of fats in areas you don't want to start bulging.





     Now, what is the recommended amount of wine that a person must drink?  Drinking wine must be done in moderation at all times.  Some say that it is ideal to drink wine when someone will be eating red meat like beef.  This concept has been rebuffed as there is no formula on which kind of wine to drink with a particular food.  It all depends on the reaction of your body to the food and wine you are eating and drinking.  I guess this is true because I drink wine when I know the food needs alcohol to burn fast.  So whenever I am going to eat beef and I want it digested fast, I drink red wine, it does not matter what wine, as long as i can feel the warming up in my stomach.  I usually have a glass during mealtimes whether at home or in restos because I want to have a feel of the alcohol burning away the fats.