Why Wine Can Save Your Life

Wine, oh wine. The amazing concoction that comes from grapes that gives us such happiness on nights after long days at work, and on wine nights, and well anytime really. Did you know that wine can save your life? Yes, you read that correctly. Wine CAN save your life. Let me tell you why.

Studies show that millennial generation consumes nearly half of the amount of wine in America. There are many reasons that millennials are said to be generation that consumes the most wine out of any other. With mental health concerns on the rise as well as college debt, the inability to work full-time and make a living wage, amongst finding a job in this economy - let's just say millennials have a lot of stressors. And how do we deal with these stressors? By drinking wine.

Not only has the amount of people drinking wine increased but the amount of wine consumed in one sitting has increased. What used to be the recommend 6 ounces of red wine for heart health in the evening, has now become a bottle a person in some cases. Yet for some reason this works for the millennial generation, so let's get back to why wine can save your life.

Unlike hard liquors and beers, wine is the healthier alternative to drinking alcohol. Obviously, wine is only considered healthy and will provide medical benefits if drunk in moderation. It helps with both cardiac and neurological long term effects such as heart attacks and strokes. In addition, some studies have reported preventions of cancer!

Wine can also save your life in more figurative terms. Stress is lethal. When cortisol levels get to high people break down, why else has the consumption of wine increased so much - it's not simply because wine is trendy. A glass or two at night can calm your nerves and with that comes relaxation and a good night's rest. Recall how many of you say that wine makes you sleepy? Rejoice in it. Let that wine mellow you out and rest. Overtime you'll see that the wine helped you keep calm after some of the worst of days, and helped you get a full night's rest when nothing else would.

Sometimes those break ups, those fights with friends and family, being yelled at by your boss, coming up short on a deadline, it all gets to so. So go ahead and indulge in a glass of wine of a bottle of wine. Wine Wednesdays were a personal tradition that kept me going through the worst weeks!