Why Red Wine Should Be Your<br />Stay-At-Home Drink of Choice.<br />As many people in the United States continue to<br />find themselves stuck at home, alcohol sales have<br />unsurprisingly seen a drastic increase.<br />Online alcohol orders rose a whopping<br />243 percent in the week ending March 21,<br />compared to the same period last year.<br />According to a study conducted by<br />researchers at Kings College London,<br />you may want to consider choosing red<br />wine as your lockdown drink of choice.<br />The study found that in a group of 916<br />women, those who drank red wine displayed<br />a more diverse gut microbiome (GM).<br />Moderate red wine consumption is associated with greater diversity and a healthier gut microbiota that partly explain its long debated beneficial effects on health, Dr. Caroline Le Roy, via ‘Women’s Health’.<br />The GM plays a significant role in a person’s body, as its health directly plays a role in the effectiveness of the immune system and vice versa.<br />However, lead author Dr. Caroline Le Roy<br />stressed that “moderation” is key, as an<br />infrequent glass was found to still provide<br />the same health benefits.<br />Drinking red wine rarely, such as<br />once every two weeks, seems to<br />be enough to observe an effect, Dr. Caroline Le Roy, via ‘Women’s Health’
