It is still not known exactly who, where and when made the first wine. The only fact that is certain is that since people learned that the fermentation process turns simple grape juice into an amazing drink, our lives have become much more fun.
The dispute between connoisseurs of wine and its detractors lasted for more than one thousand years, but not so long ago the strife came to an end. It has been convincingly proven that moderate wine consumption has a positive effect on the body, because the healing properties of wine can hardly be overestimated. Even a whole scientific system of wine treatment has been created - enotherapy.
With their healing properties wine is obliged to biologically active substances - flavonoids contained in grapes. During various natural shakings: thunderstorm, hail or drought, these substances are intensively accumulated in the berries. Wine contains a natural vaccine against old age, because thanks to flavonoids, the body is cleansed of toxins and "bad" cholesterol. It is they who reduce the increased arterial pressure and blood sugar levels, strengthen the vascular wall and prevent the formation of blood clots. If science could isolate flavonoids in pure form and create based on them medicinal product- it would be a real elixir of youth and longevity, and most effective remedy for the treatment of cancer.
One glass of wine contains daily dose B vitamins, nicotinic acid and rutin, necessary to prevent strokes and heart attacks. Vitamin C is not there, it is destroyed during manufacture, but there is a lot of vitamin P, which helps the body absorb and accumulate ascorbic acid from other products.
To date, 24 trace elements have been found in wine, half of which are antioxidants. All wines contain glycerin, which is used in the form of tablets for diseases nervous system. The pectins of this drink help the body get rid of radioactive compounds. Natural antibiotics are detrimental to many microbes that cause tooth decay, sore throats and intestinal infections. Wine acid excites the digestive glands and increases appetite, apple - eliminates stagnation of bile.
The acidity of wine is the same as that of gastric juice, so wine promotes digestion. Potassium salts have a diuretic effect. The melatonin contained in the skin of grapes is an excellent remedy for insomnia. To list all the medicinal properties of wine is to write a book. One glass contains a whole pharmacological reference book, just drink it, and your body will read and assimilate.
Wine will help against old age and disease
Guilt various types possess different properties. For older people, old red wine will be useful, as it "warms" the body. This "milk" is for old people. It helps with insomnia, half a glass grape wine will provide a healthy sleep, unlike sleeping pills.
Wine must be included in the diet for Alzheimer's disease and just to improve memory with senile forgetfulness. Long-livers consider wine to be a remedy for old age. It gives a pleasant peace, dispels fears, worries - what is not a cure for depression. To maintain weakened cardiac activity, light white wines are good, they are also prescribed for atherosclerosis with mineral water.
Red wines are good for indigestion large quantity tannins, and with a tendency to constipation - white. Red wines are indispensable for anemia and beriberi. People who are emaciated and weakened by illness need a few tablespoons of Madeira or port wine a day. With an exacerbation of tuberculosis, red wine is detrimental to mycobacteria and is good for appetite. It is also known that white wines have a tonic and mild diuretic effect. Champagne will help with a breakdown, and if it is strongly cooled, it can stop vomiting. With sore throat, it is good to gargle with warm red wine, and hot sweet mulled wine will help with flu, colds and bronchitis.
Try with a strong cough to prepare the following mixture. Half fill a glass with hot tea, squeeze the juice of one lemon into it, add tbsp. cognac and honey, top up with warm red wine. Take this at night and in the morning you will forget about the cold.
Drink wine in moderation
The stumbling block is that wine - alcoholic drink. And it should be taken in moderate doses. But we must remember that alcohol is a natural product of metabolism. In the blood and tissues of an absolutely sober person, it is from 30 to 60 mg per liter. The maximum alcohol in the blood occurs an hour after its use, after 12 hours the level is restored to normal. At a blood concentration of 0.5 g per liter, the cerebral cortex, centers of attention and self-control react. This dose is easily detected by the traffic police. When the dose is increased to a gram per liter, a person does not control muscles well, speech impairment and an uncontrollable desire to sing appear. 2 g per liter put to bed anywhere right on the spot.
But wine is not diluted alcohol, it is dry grape wines ah only from 9 to 14%. A healthy man, taking 300-400 ml of such wine per day, will receive more benefit than harm. Women are recommended half the dose, and table wines are not contraindicated during pregnancy. A significant dose for the treatment of hypertension and atherosclerosis is 30 g of pure alcohol, in terms of table wine 300 ml per day.
Wine is best drunk diluted. The optimal proportion is 2/3 water and 1/3 wine or 1/4 wine and 3/4 water. In any case, the wine should be slightly less than half. It is advisable to dilute red wines with boiling water and drink warm, and white wines - ice cold. boiled water and drink chilled.
It is better to drink wine with meals
Reception of table wine must be combined with food. After all, it is designed to ensure that food is digested with maximum benefit. Different wines stimulate gastric secretions in different ways. A glass of wine causes the release of the same amount of gastric juice, the composition of which depends on the composition of the drink. Before eating, a small portion of Madeira, sherry or vermouth is recommended. The feeling of appetite at this moment can turn into a feeling of hunger. There is not just a desire to quickly eat something, but I want to eat something quite specific.
Table red wine makes many people want to taste hot juicy meat, and white wines look at fish dishes. Sweet dessert wine excites a different hunger - fruit. The custom of serving red wine with meat and white wine with fish is not an invention of culinary specialists, but the desire to satisfy a normal need. WITH vegetable dishes dry and semi-sweet wines are well combined. For dessert, it is customary to serve sweet and liqueur wines. Champagne is a festive drink. It can be drunk throughout the dinner and with various dishes, with drier varieties at the beginning, and sweeter varieties at the end.
The main rule to follow when choosing a bottle is that life is too short to drink bad wines.
wine (lat. Vinum) is an alcoholic beverage created as a result of natural fermentation grapes or any other fruit juice. The strength of the drink after fermentation is 9-16 vol.
In the manufacture of fortified wines, high strength is achieved by diluting the wine with alcohol to the desired percentage.
Wine is the most ancient drink. There are many legends of the first appearance of the drink, which are reflected in the epics of Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman and Persian mythology. Many scientists believe that the emergence and development of winemaking is inextricably linked with the formation and development of human society.
The oldest wine that has survived to this day in the form of fossilized remains dates back to 5400-5000 years. BC. It was found on the modern territory of the Caucasus.
The production technology of the drink has undergone changes all the time. This happened until the main stages were clearly delineated. The production process of white and red wine has its own differences.
So red wine is made from red grapes. Ripened grapes are harvested and passed through a crusher, in which special combs separate the berries and twigs unsuitable for processing. During this operation, the bones must remain intact, otherwise the wine will be too tart. Then the crushed grapes, along with yeast, are placed in special vats, where the fermentation process begins. After 2-3 weeks, the intensity of fermentation decreases, and saturation with alcohols reaches a maximum. When not enough natural amount of sugar in grapes, pure sugar can be added to the must. At the end of fermentation, the wine is drained, the pomace is pressed and filtered.
Young wine can be immediately bottled, resulting in fairly cheap wine brands. For more expensive brands, exposure to oak barrels in the cellars for at least 1-2 years. During this period, the wine evaporates and sediment settles to the bottom. To achieve best quality, wine in barrels is constantly topped up and poured into fresh barrels to clean the sediment. Aged wine is subjected to final filtration and bottling.
For the production of white wine, the grapes are peeled before the fermentation process, and only strained wine without pressing is used for infusion. The aging process of white wine does not exceed 1.5 years.
Depending on the sugar content in the wine and its strength, the wines are divided into table, fortified, flavored and sparkling.
Wines are produced all over the world, but the top five wine sales leaders include France, Italy, Spain, the USA, and Argentina.
Each type of wine is served at the table at a certain temperature and with certain dishes.
Useful properties of wine
Many doctors believe that daily use in small quantities of wine, very good for the health of the whole organism (no more than one glass a day). It contains a large number of enzymes, acids (malic, tartaric), vitamins (B1, B2,,), trace elements (calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium) and other biologically active substances.
So red wine is very rich in the antioxidant resveratrol. According to its properties, it is 10-20 times stronger than vitamin E. Wine also contains iron and substances that promote its better absorption, which increases the level of hemoglobin. The beneficial effect on the red bone marrow promotes the production of red blood cells (erythrocytes).
The use of wine enhances digestion, appetite and the secretion of the salivary glands. It has antiseptic and antibacterial properties, suppressing the pathogens of cholera, malaria and tuberculosis. The use of red wine is prescribed for peptic ulcers. The presence of tannins in it contributes to the rapid healing of ulcers.
Both white and red wine lowers blood cholesterol levels, normalizes metabolism, and helps to eliminate toxins. They also normalize the level of salt, so it is recommended to drink wine to reduce the deposition of salts in the joints.
Another article, now about wine - the most ancient, popular and, perhaps, the most harmless of all alcoholic beverages.
It's time to harvest grapes - an amazing sunny berry, its processing, separation of juice, laying it in barrels for fermentation. For many southern peoples, this work turns into a real festive ritual, both the taste of the future wine and its useful and even healing properties depend on it.
The history of wine goes back to ancient times, it is more than 9000 years old, the oldest rice wine was found in China. With the development of viticulture everywhere from the Middle East to Spain, winemaking is developing with its own national characteristics and traditions.
Note that even the Bible and the church not only do not prohibit wine, calling it a divine drink, but also widely uses, for example, Cahors on the occasion of church rituals and solemn dates. True, they say that such references are of a modern nature, that the Bible has also been rewritten more than once. But let's not go into such subtle details, let's talk about the benefits of wine.
Types of wine
Wines are divided into fruit and berry(made from fruits and berries) and grape.
On the canteens, dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet, dessert, liqueur depending on the sugar content in it.
On the white, red, pink depending on the grape variety.
By shelf life (excerpts): young, unaged, aged, vintage, collection.
According to the grape variety, the name of the wine is determined: Isabella, Chardonnay, Cabernet. Most wines are made by blending different varieties wine material (wine blend), hence their lyrical names: Kakheti, Burgundy, Tokay, Khvanchkara, Black Doctor and so on.
calories wine depends on the sugar content, in dry white it is the smallest 64-75 kcal per 100 grams, respectively higher in red semi-sweet, in liqueurs - the highest. So the calorie content of fortified sweet wine is from 150 to 250 kcal per 100 g, in each case it has its own.
Benefits of Natural Grape Wine
Grape wine in its properties is close to grape juice and grapes, the only difference is that as a result of fermentation grape juice ethyl alcohol, glycerin, lactic, succinic, pantothenic and folic acids accumulate in wine, and aldehydes, acetalin and esters accumulate during aging.
In recent years, there has been a lot of controversy about the benefits and harms of wine. After all, even the ancient Romans and Greeks noticed the healing properties of wine in the fight against bacilli and viruses during terrible epidemics. The ancients did not sit down to a meal without a sunny drink, however, they always diluted it with water, apparently, they saw a special meaning in this.
wine treatment
Oenotherapy The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of wine. There were entire sanatoriums in the USSR, which set as their goal the treatment with wine. Pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, liver diseases, including hepatitis, as well as male health problems - all this had the effect of healing and improving the condition. And in general, wine, as a healing and rejuvenating effect, thanks to a large number The antioxidants in wine were recommended in moderation.
But further careful study of the properties of wine and new discoveries cast doubt on the fact of healing with wine, and these sanatoriums were closed. Not the last role in this was played by the company to combat drunkenness, when huge plantations of vineyards were cut down. And today our producers buy wine powder in third countries, dilute it with water, stick beautiful labels on bottles, pack it and call it wine 🙂 . Of course, it’s not even worth talking about the benefits of such a drink. We are talking about natural grape wine.
The composition of the wine
The wine is rich in:
- trace elements: potassium, magnesium, manganese, iodine, cobalt, titanium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, rubidium strengthens the nervous system, there is a lot of it in Cabernet).
- : C, groups B (B1, B2, B12), P and PP;
- acids, essential oils, esters and aldehydes;
- Fructose;
- Antioxidants.
Useful properties of wine
- First of all thanks resveratrol- the natural antioxidant contained in red wine (on average 0.2-5.0 mg / l, in white it is less), wine prevents DNA mutation in the body, eliminates the effects of free radicals, resists the development of a cancerous tumor and the spread of metastases.
- Wine, most likely its fructose, reduces the risk of kidney stones by dissolving oxalates.
- Wine contains radioactive substances that have an energy effect on the body and are close to
- Some varieties of wine are excellent at removing radionuclides. (Cabernet is given to divers)
- Historically, the bactericidal property of wine is known to kill bacteria and all kinds of infectious bacilli. Wine, added a third to water, disinfects it. This property was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans in the fight against cholera and smallpox.
- Wine contains substances that stimulate mineral metabolism in the body (which is not found in grapes).
- Wine lowers cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It is the prevention of the development of cardiovascular diseases.
- Red dry wine, consumed in moderation, lowers blood pressure.
- Wine prevents the development of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
- Red wine is recommended to drink for the elderly, with anemia, loss of strength and exhaustion of the body. Drink before dinner, it improves appetite and normalizes digestion.
- There is scientific evidence from American scientists that wine in moderation is the only representative of all alcohol, including, and beer is good for the liver, and is the prevention of steatohepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Harmful properties of wine
- Wine contains the harmful substance ethanol.
- Harmless is the daily intake of wine from 50 to 100 grams.
- Wine contains allergens, yeast, pollen, and histamines, compounds that cause hives, itchy skin, sneezing, bronchospasm, and other allergy symptoms.
- Sulfur dioxide, which is added to wine during industrial preparation to suppress the effect wine yeast causes suffocation in asthmatic patients.
- For migraines, wine is not recommended, as its tyramine and polyphenols can cause pain attacks.
- With the abuse of all alcohol, including wine, a toxic product - acetaldehyde accumulates in the liver, which can lead to liver diseases up to cirrhosis.
- The tannins found in the skins of grapes, which color the wine red, are harmful to some people. There is no tannin in white wine. There are people intolerant of tannins who have headaches when drinking red wine. It is better for such people to drink white wine or not to drink it at all.
- Wine should not be consumed by pregnant women and breastfeeding women.
- People suffering from brain diseases, epilepsy and a number of other diseases should not drink wine.
Wine "Isabella": to drink or not to drink?
There is an opinion that for some categories of wines made from hybrid grape varieties, such as Isabella and Noa (Isabella white), they have very little utility and are even harmful to health.
Isabella is a grape variety bred in America, a natural hybrid. Today, these grape varieties grow on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, in Azerbaijan, Moldova, Dagestan and the Krasnodar Territory. It has been established that in the process of fermentation in wine, in addition to ethanol, - methyl alcohol, which is poisonous to human body. According to some reports, it tends to partially accumulate in the human body, which is worth remembering when buying wine from Isabella, especially if it is home-made (not factory-made) wine.
In America and EU countries, wines from Isabella varieties are not produced.
I am personally very skeptical about these data. If there is that very insidious methanol, then it is quite acceptable. They themselves had Isabella in their area and drank wine in moderation, I do not complain about my health. Here is what I managed to dig up from the Internet, confirming my opinion:
Scientists explain the refusal of Europeans by the high content of the isabella group of diglycosides in grapes, which, during the fermentation of grape juice, combine with alcohol to form methanol. "As a result, 70-120 mg of methanol is present in a liter of such wine. But international standards have set its maximum permissible concentrations at 500 mg in red wines and 300 mg in white wines. Therefore, there should be no fear. Another thing is that in wines from European varieties, the methanol content is even lower - 30-40 mg.
Bright berry bouquet - distinguishing feature all varieties of the species Vitis labrusca. But in addition to this undoubtedly attractive bouquet, these wines have a specific aroma, which winemakers call "fox" because of the similarity with the smell of wet fox hair, and Vitis labrusca grapes were nicknamed fox grape (i.e. "fox grapes").
It is this circumstance that most likely led to the expulsion of Isabella grapes from the ranks of commercially used, and not increased content methanol in such wine, as many publications often write. For example, cognac has a higher methanol content than quality wine Isabella, and at the same time, it is still significantly lower than the values ​​\u200b\u200bthat are dangerous to health (if you don’t turn off liters per evening, sorry). So "methanol damage" of Isabella wine is a myth. And the harm from irrepressible consumption is an ineradicable reality in which grape varieties are not to blame.
Here we like to attach importance to such insignificant things. But still, the brands of Isobella and Noah, just in case, should be avoided in use. While in Russia "Isabella" is produced in small quantities by small factories and wine can be bought in the store.
It is up to you to decide whether to buy Isabella wine or not to buy, to drink or not to drink, and how much to drink ....
So, where is the truth in wine? Which is more good or bad?
Look, compare yourself and decide what is more good or bad in wine. What does science say about this?
The science of the benefits and harms of wine
Enormous funds have been spent on scientific research of wine, conducted by scientists from many countries of the world. So scientists of the Paris and Bordeaux Universities have been studying a group of men aged 40 to 65 for 30 years. It turned out that those people who drank wine in moderate doses preserved their health better. They are less than those who did not drink suffered from cardiovascular diseases and in general digestive system. Revealed beneficial effect guilt on the body and protecting it in part from harmful effects fatty and high-calorie foods.
Drinking wine in large doses immediately leads to the opposite effect. It is important to note that the results of the study concern only adults, and do not apply to young people in whom drinking alcohol can adversely affect the formation of the brain. (used materials magazine No. 30 "Correspondent" dated August 2, 2013.)
However, all these experiments are not devoid of juggling facts, and are distorted to please lobby winemakers as well as doctors and pharmacological manufacturers.
And yet, most sane scientists, including ordinary consumers, believe that wine is useful in moderation, like all products given to us by nature. A glass of good grape natural wine healthy person will not harm health. A dose of 50 grams can serve as a medicine.
At present, despite the fact that the benefits of wine as a healing drink are disputed, the branch of medicine, wine therapy, or enotherapy. The time for non-traditional directions in medicine is now wider than ever.
And remember, all alcohol without measure is harmful to human health!
How to distinguish natural wine from a fake
Sinful are our shops and supermarkets that sell fake, which is alcohol, sugar, flavorings and water. So when choosing a product in the store, you should pay attention to:
- The presence of an excise stamp.
- The cork should be natural, not plastic.
- The bottle does not differ sharply in shape, light and size, does not have pretentiousness.
- The label has a printing method of manufacture, is well printed, without glue streaks, with full information about the expiration date, place of production and producer with the characteristics of the wine.
- You can shake the bottle, if the wine is natural, it should be thicker than water and the drops will flow more slowly, in such specific paths.
At home, pay attention to the following things:
- Turn the bottle upside down and shake if the resulting foam is thick and immediately drains - a fake or very young wine contains additives. The foam of natural wine will be in the center in the form of small groups and will linger for a few minutes.
- Let's allow a small sediment, but not a strong one.
- The smell of wine, its true bouquet. Wine should not smell like alcohol.
- Add a couple of drops of pure glycerin to the wine poured into a transparent glass. If they change color, the wine contains third-party additives or is not wine at all.
- Another way is testing with soda. As you know, she is able to make an impromptu "pop" even from warm water. If the wine is of high quality, soda will be instantly neutralized by the acids it contains - tartaric, acetic and others. If there is a lot of foam - a "volcano" in a glass is provided.
Wine treatment. Recipes
Recipe #1 For colds, coughs, bronchitis: heat 1 cup dry red wine until slightly hot, add a little cinnamon at the end of a knife, 1 tsp.
The ability of red wines to remove radical elements from the body has been noticed for a long time. Wines from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot varieties were officially assigned in the USA, the USSR and other countries to the crews of nuclear submarines, personnel servicing radioactive installations, and in 1986 - to all residents who live in the regions adjacent to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
G.G. Valuiko, G.N. Arpentin, together with medical scientists, established the radioprotective effect of natural grape wines. If you give the patients who suffered from the Chernobyl accident 2 glasses of red table wine a day, then after three weeks the content of radioactive cesium in the blood of patients decreases three times. This indicates the protective property of red wines in case of radiation damage.
Red wines have yet to come useful properties. They have been used for thousands of years in folk medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases; on their basis, official medicine recommends preparing formulations for the treatment of catarrhs ​​of the upper respiratory tract. Wines such as Cahors, Black Doctor, red ports, all varietal and blended, ordinary and vintage red table wines are used in small doses for a number of diseases, in the absence of appetite, as well as for debilitated patients in the postoperative period and during the recovery period. For influenza, pneumonia and bronchopneumonia, hot red wine with sugar, the so-called mulled wine, is used.
Professor M.A. Gerasimov, who lived to be almost 84 years old, suffered from tuberculosis at the age of 27 and was sent to the North Caucasus for treatment. According to his testimony, following the recommendations of doctors, in addition to the treatment prescribed for him, he drank one glass of red dry Cabernet wine every day and soon got rid of this difficult illness.
The experience of Soviet medicine during the Great Patriotic War showed numerous examples of successful treatment of wounded soldiers and civilians with the help of wine. So, during the heroic defense of Sevastopol, on the initiative of the director of the Massandra winery, N.K. Sobolev, antiscorbutic tinctures were prepared from grape juice and dry red wine Cabernet, and champagne cuvée aged with yeast was disinfected for wounds, and the forces of the defenders of the hero city were supported. Professor Koreysha noted that moderate consumption of light white table wines, which refresh and quench thirst, was very useful for the wounded with a high temperature, and recommended chilled champagne for inevitable vomiting.
The medicinal properties of grape wines were pointed out at different times by great specialists in domestic medicine: Academician N.P. Kravtsov, Professor N.M. Nikolaev, professor E.V. Vershinin, the famous Moscow general practitioner N.F. Golubev, Professor G.A. Zakharyin, Professor S.R. Tatevosov and many others.
Professor N.F. Golubev, in the treatment of emaciated and weak patients, successfully applied strong wines such as Port and Madeira, giving them to the sick a few spoons a day. He believed that champagne was the most effective for raising strength and weakened heart activity. Some people don't take it well high content carbon dioxide in champagne. In this case, it is recommended to consume pearl wines with a reduced content of carbon dioxide at a bottle pressure of 50 to 250 kPa. Light white table wines, in his opinion, have a tonic effect on the nervous system and heart and can be prescribed to patients up to 0.5 liters per day.
Prominent Soviet clinician Professor G.A. Zakharyin used grape wine along with other cardiovascular remedies to support weakened cardiac activity. Medical experience has also shown that natural grape wines have a particularly beneficial effect on the elderly, normalizing sleep. Unlike chemical sleeping pills, a quarter or half a glass of dry wine with Borjomi will cause normal physiological sleep. However, wine, even in such small doses, can be used only on the advice of a doctor.
Wine therapy, or enotherapy, allows in some cases to completely eliminate the use of potent drugs that will cause adverse side effects of the patient. There are cases when medicines are useless, and preparations using wine as a biological component provide invaluable help to patients.
In the United States, at the Medical School of San Francisco (California), in the department of preventive medicine, research has been conducted for 30 years on the use of grape wines in medicinal purposes. Dr. Salvator Lucchia found that, contrary to popular belief, moderate doses of natural grape wines can be used for certain urological and gastroenterological diseases. Of course, wine is categorically unacceptable for nephritis, stomach ulcers, cirrhosis of the liver and other diseases, as well as during pregnancy. However, wine is successfully used in the treatment of mucous colitis, spastic constipation and diarrhea. It helps to restore the deteriorated function of fat absorption, enhances diuresis. Dry white wine can be included in the diet of diabetics: with a normal diet, wine can serve as a partial source of energy that does not require the participation of insulin.
We have proposed a technology for producing low-calorie semi-sweet wines, where sugars are replaced by a protein sweet substance - aspartame, which is not fermented by yeast. This wine can be recommended to people who suffer from diabetes and obesity.
I. Nemets and A. Pribela (Czech Republic) also found out that wine has a positive effect on digestion and metabolism, activates the function of blood circulation and promotes a better removal of fluid from the body. In particular, a good effect is achieved when drinking a glass of wine before meals or during meals in elderly people who are prone to insufficient secretion of gastric juice, since after 45 years the acid concentration in it gradually decreases. Improving blood circulation is that wine in small quantities affects blood pressure. At the same time, due to a decrease in resistance in external vessels, systolic pressure slightly decreases, and diastolic pressure rises. Clinical studies of the authors have also shown that wine has a beneficial effect on the body in atherosclerosis, vascular changes, insomnia, emotional decline and other types of depression and neurosis, which are often observed in older people.
Doverschein and Joyer (France), studying the effect of wine on people of different ages, established its positive euphoric property, which in particular contributes to the treatment of elderly patients. Pleasant peace caused a small amount guilt, dispels fears, the excitement of old age, improves sleep, patients complain less about age. According to Joyer, wine is a supplier of specific amino acids that stimulate appetite and provide normal functioning nervous system. As Louis Pasteur wrote, "wine is milk for the old." It has long been known that in contact with white or red grape wine for several minutes (and in wine diluted by 50% with water - for 30-60 minutes), typhoid and tubercular bacilli, cholera vibrios, intestinal bacteria and other pathogens die. . Therefore, it is very advisable to add wine to drinking water in case of a massive spread of gastrointestinal diseases. When an epidemic of cholera occurred, medical personnel used water for drinking with the obligatory addition of wine.
The soldiers of Alexander the Great, on campaigns using water of unknown origin, disinfected it by adding wine.
In our studies (G.G. Valuiko, G.N. Arpentin), conducted with animals, it was found that when grape wines are introduced into the diet, there is a significant decrease in the alcohol syndrome in comparison with pure ethyl alcohol, which indicates the anti-alcohol effect of grape wines.
Natural grape wines contain biologically active substances that mitigate the negative effect of ethanol on the body. The anti-stress effect of grape wines has also been established. At this time, stress has become a misfortune. You can relieve or limit stress with the help of humor, sex or grape wines. If animals are artificially stressed by a sound effect of 90 dB, then they develop a stressful state. For example, we can say that such a sound effect is achieved by the turbines of a jet aircraft or the musical equipment used by the Rolling Stones ensemble. The second type of stress in animals was obtained by alternately drowning and floating. In both types of stress, the animal was fed with alcohol and red grape wine. If alcohol was introduced, the effect of stress was somewhat softened, and when red table wine was introduced, the stress in animals was significantly reduced.
The Magarach Institute, together with doctors, has developed a test to determine a person's tendency to alcoholism. With a positive indication of this test, a person is contraindicated to work at wineries.
The test consists in the fact that a number of enzymes are determined in a drop of human blood and, by their presence or absence, a person's tendency to alcoholism is established. It can be genetic, congenital or acquired. Children of chronic alcoholics, as a rule, have a tendency to alcoholism.
Thus, everything that has been said about the dietary and medicinal properties of grape wines indicates that their consumption in moderation is beneficial for the human body. Wine, like any medicinal substance, in large doses is detrimental to health, and in moderate doses it contributes to the healing effect.
