Cretan wine

Cretan Wine and health

An important characteristic of the Cretan diet in the 1960s was moderate wine consumption, mostly in the form of wine that accompanied meals. It was mainly a men’s habit, as women rarely consumed alcohol. Moderate wine consumption seems to lower all-cause mortality, mortality from cardiovascular diseases, as well as the risk of heart attacks. Among all alcoholic beverages, wine, and especially red wine, is even more beneficial as it contains phenols, substances that exert anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic effects, protecting our vessels from the formation of the atheromatous plaque.

The safe limit for alcohol consumption is set to 2 drinks/day form men and 1 drink/day for women.