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A glass of wine before bed makes you slim: That would be good news for pleasure seekers. However, we have researched for you whether this drinkable diet really helps to lose excess pounds.
Wine before sleep as a slimming aid
There are several studies that have looked at whether drinking wine actually helps you slim down.
- Harvard University, for example, conducted a study over 13 years and followed 20,000 women with regard to their eating and drinking habits. The result of the study was that women who drink two glasses of red wine a day – not more – have a lower risk of becoming overweight.
- US-American scientists found out which substance in red wine is supposed to be responsible for the slim line. It is the ingredient piceatannol, a resveratrol derivative.
- This piceatannol occupies the insulin receptors of immature fat cells. In this way, the substance prevents the fat cells from maturing and being able to store fat.
- This sounds good and tempting. Who wouldn’t be happy to enjoy two glasses of red wine in the evening and lose weight at the same time. But unfortunately that doesn’t work out.
- The study did show that the risk of obesity is reduced, but there is no weight loss.
Lose weight with wine – unfortunately a pipe dream
Unfortunately, the amount of piceatannol in red wine is so small that two glasses would not be enough to really lose weight visibly.
- However, a larger amount of alcohol would certainly result in serious health risks in the long run: damage to the liver, cardiovascular disease and cancer are only some of them.
- The wish to achieve the dream figure with a glass or two of red wine before going to bed will probably remain a pipe dream.
- By the way: Piceatannol is not only found in wine. The basic ingredient of the drink, grapes, also contain this substance in both the skin and the seeds. Piceatannol is also found in passion fruit and blueberries. These sources are certainly healthier in the long run than regular alcohol consumption.
