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People who drink wine weekly or monthly are more than two times less likely to develop dementia according to a recent study.

The results are exciting because they could mean that substances in wine reduce the occurrence of dementia, which means that soon scientists will distill these substances into a wine “pill” you’ll take in your old age.

The researchers figure that flavonoids, which are natural compounds that have an antioxidant effect, may be the substance responsible for the beneficial effect in preventing dementia. Red wine is high in flavonoids. Other studies have suggested that flavonoids may account for a lower occurrence of stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases among wine drinkers.

For the study, the researchers studied drinking patterns for 1,709 people in Copenhagen in the 1970s and then assessed those people for dementia in the 1990s, when they were age 65 or older. Over the two decades, 83 of the participants developed dementia. Their alcohol intake was compared to that of those who did not develop dementia.

Uhhh Ohhh! The study also found that those who drank beer monthly were more than two times more likely to develop dementia than those who never or hardly ever drank beer.

Those who drank wine every day were no more or less likely to develop dementia than those who drank it more or less often.

Since reading this study I’ve tried to do my share in preventing dementia by partaking of the grape. I’d advise you to do the same. Too bad about all that Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada in the refrigerator.

For more information on how wine can prevent dementia and why you should start drinking it today check the site: http://www.neuropsychiatryreviews.com/feb03/npr_feb03_dementia.html

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