As with all studies of wine and your health moderate consumption is key, this time to reduce the risk of contracting Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Wake Forest University in North Carolina found that the participants that had 1 to 2 glasses of wine per day of the group of over 3,000 seniors over 75, the risk of developing Alzheimer’s was reduced by 37 percent.

Characterized by forgetfulness, agitation and dementia, Alzheimer’s is caused by a massive loss of cells in several regions of the brain.

Not surprisingly, for those polled that already suffered from some form of memory loss, the risk of developing Alzheimer’s was doubled if they consumed more than 2 glasses of wine per day.

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