Red Wine Found Beneficial for Man's Sexual Health

It's interesting that in many languages, when people toast, they make a hail for good health "Prost!" in German languages, "Salud!" in Spanish, "Sanatate" in Romanian and so on.

This wishful thinking is based on the subconscious belief that the content of the glass is really beneficial for the health.

Indeed, for over two decades, studies have conferred daily moderate alcohol consumption (especially red wine) beneficial effects such as fighting against heart attacks and strokes, controlling insulin levels (thus a possible cure for diabetes), delaying age-related dementia and even impeding osteoporosis and certain cancers.

Researchers have showed that adults consuming a drink or two daily present fewer incidents of emergency-room visits, gallstones and intestinal disorders and even bouts of the common cold.

Now Seattle scientists have discovered that men who drink four to seven glasses of red wine weekly cut off by half (to 52%) their risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, compared to those who do not consume red wine. Moreover, red wine seems to be particularly effective against advanced or aggressive cancers.

The researchers gathered data on the many possible factors influencing the risk of prostate cancer in men between ages 40 and 64, including alcohol consumption. They found no link between overall consumption and risk, but when they made a more detailed investigation for each alcoholic beverage independently, wine consume connected to a decreased risk of prostate cancer.

Moreover, red wine appeared to be more effective, even in low amounts, and any additional weekly cup lowered the relative risk by 6%.

By now, researchers can only guess that chemicals (like flavonoids and resveratrol) not found in other alcoholic drinks could control androgens' (the male hormones that trigger the prostate cancer) levels or could have antioxidant protective properties.

Many doctors are still reluctant to recommend drinking alcohol for health benefits, as some patients could think that what's good in little amounts could be better in higher ones.