A Glass of Wine a Day is Healthy

But Only If You Exercise, Too

• Plan it right, and sitting down to eat dinner can be an enjoyable experience.

• Half your plate is filled with fruits and vegetables, along with foods that include lean protein, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats.

• Surround yourself with good company, and the only thing left is to decide on what to drink.

• If you’re like 66 percent of adults in the United States, a glass of wine may be your drink of choice.

• In fact, a recent Gallup poll found that the average adult has 4.2 drinks a week. For more than a decade, a growing body of research has suggested that drinking wine in moderate amounts may help lower the risk for heart disease.

• And that’s important when heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and claims the lives of a nearly 600,000 people a year.

• However, European Society of Cardiology researchers recently took a closer look at drinking wine and its heart-protective benefits. They followed 146 people for a year with an average risk for heart disease and tracked the amount of wine they drank.

• Measuring cholesterol levels is one way your doctor can identify your risk for heart disease. In other words, drinking wine didn’t really improve their health.

• What they found was surprising. There was no change in HDL “good” cholesterol and LDL “bad” cholesterol levels from the beginning of the study compared to one year later.

• However, researchers found that moderate wine drinkers who also exercised at least twice a week had higher levels of HDL cholesterol after a year.

• Here’s how to enjoy a glass of wine with your meal, along with wine’s protective benefits.

• Enjoy one of the many tasty and healthy MagicKitchen.com meals, along with your favorite glass of wine.

• Then take a walk after dinner, or make time for exercise earlier in the day. Your heart will be healthier, you’ll feel better, and live longer.

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