In July 2015, a group of researchers from Washington State University made one surprising discovery: it turns out, thanks to the presence of a substance in wine called resveratrol, this grape drink contributes to weight loss. The cherished connection can be found in red wine. Once in our body, it triggers a chemical reaction to convert "white fat" into "brown fat", which is much easier to burn.
Also worth mentioning is another discovery, though made a little earlier, namely in 2012. Then the scientists concluded that a glass of wine, drunk in the evening, reduces appetite, dulling the feeling of hunger and thereby reducing the amount eaten before bedtime (which will happen if you do not eat at night, you can guess yourself, but we will clarify: fat on the sides definitely becomes smaller).
True, before we happily uncork a bottle of wine with you, we are obliged to write about the negative consequences of this method of losing weight. The same scientists, without denying the benefits of the drink for the figure, clarify that excessive amounts of alcohol have a detrimental effect on the health and beauty of your body. So, in some cases, the harm from wine may exceed its benefit.
It is also important to emphasize that the production process of some wines is such that during the ripening of the drink, useful substances can evaporate or be filtered, then the effect of "harmony" from such alcohol can not even be expected.
However, resveratrol can be found not only in wine, but also in blueberries, grapes and strawberries. We assure you that in these options the hit will be one hundred percent, and of the negative consequences you can expect only an allergic reaction.
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