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Is Nonalcoholic Wine as Healthy as Red Wine? By Mark Tahiliani

Think about what health benefits you are trying to get out of the wine. Are you drinking it for the health benefits you get from the alcohol or the health benefits you get from the resveratrol? If you want the health benefits that the alcohol provides then a non-alcoholic wine will not help you.

So to find out if nonalcoholic is as healthy as red wine, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported on a study being conducted at the University of California. A smart researchers Dr. Jennifer R.C. Bell and her colleagues dealcolized a 1996 Cabarnet Sauvignon as part of a research project.

In part of the “wine” they added water and part they added a mixture of water and ethyl alcohol. They then tested the results for antioxidant content, longevity in the body and overall healthy properties. The results showed the half-life of catechins was significantly shorter in the alcoholic version.

While the health benefits of the alcohol had been removed, they learned that the flavonoid content had been enhanced. Furthermore, the negative effects of alcohol had been removed all together. In the end the study proved that dealcolized wine is as healthy and suggested grape juice itself might even be healthier.