Red wine and resveratrol: Good for your heart?
Red wine and resveratrol: Good for your heart? Resveratrol might be a key ingredient that makes red wine heart healthy. Learn the facts — and hype — about red wine and how it affects the heart. Red wine, in moderation, has long been thought of as heart healthy. The alcohol and certain substances in red wine called antioxidants may help prevent coronary artery disease, the condition that leads to heart attacks. How is red wine heart healthy? Resveratrol in red wine Resveratrol in grapes, supplements and other foods How might alcohol help the heart? Any links between red wine and fewer heart attacks aren't completely understood. But part of the benefit might be that antioxidants in red wine may increase levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) and protect against cholesterol buildup. Health care providers don't recommend that you start drinking alcohol for heart benefits, especially if you have