Wine may protect against dementia

Research conducted by scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg in Sweden suggests there may be constituents in wine that protect against dementia. The findings are based on 1,458 women included in the so-called Population Study of Women from 1968.

When they were examined by physicians they were asked to report how often they drank wine beer, and liquor by selecting from seven categories on a scale from never to daily. The researchers knew nothing about how much they drank on each occasion, or how correct the estimates were. 34 years after the first study, 162 women had been diagnosed with dementia. The results show that among those who reported that they drank wine, a considerably lower proportion suffered from dementia, whereas this correlation was not found among those who had reported that they regularly drank beer or liquor, the researchers noted.