There's another report citing health benefits of drinking wine. Wine Spectator magazine reports the results of a study conducted in southern and central Italy, in which it appears a lifetime of drinking red wine reduces the risk of developing essential tremor.
Essential tremor is the name for the uncontrollable shaking developed by some elderly people, which may be associated with Parkinson's disease.
The study shows that drinking four or five glasses of red wine per day for 30 years or so reduces the risk of tremors by 85%. Those who consumed three glasses a day over that same time frame showed a 65% lower risk.
While the study credits the antioxidants in red wine for the protection, it cautions that the results are not definitive. The sample was only 200 people, and 22 of them did develop essential tremor during the study. 19 of those fit the profile of the low-risk category.
The article quotes the authors of the study, "Case-control studies are generally prone to several kinds of bias. Larger ad-hoc studies are still needed to assess the role of alcohol drinking as a protective factor for developing essential tremor."
Essential tremor is the name for the uncontrollable shaking developed by some elderly people, which may be associated with Parkinson's disease.
The study shows that drinking four or five glasses of red wine per day for 30 years or so reduces the risk of tremors by 85%. Those who consumed three glasses a day over that same time frame showed a 65% lower risk.
While the study credits the antioxidants in red wine for the protection, it cautions that the results are not definitive. The sample was only 200 people, and 22 of them did develop essential tremor during the study. 19 of those fit the profile of the low-risk category.
The article quotes the authors of the study, "Case-control studies are generally prone to several kinds of bias. Larger ad-hoc studies are still needed to assess the role of alcohol drinking as a protective factor for developing essential tremor."
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