London: Women drinking a moderate amount of
red wine have higher sex drive than their counterparts who
preferred other alcoholic drinks, or were teetotalers, a new
research has found.
Italian doctors have concluded that chemical compounds
found in red wine may improve sexual functioning by increasing
blood flow to key areas of the body.
"While this finding needs to be interpreted with some
caution, it nevertheless suggests a potential relationship
between red wine consumption and better sexuality," the
researchers said.
The project, said to be a first to examine red wine
intake and women`s sexual health, doctors at the University of
Florence studied 800 women aged between 18 to 50, the
Telegraph reported.
The researchers say the outcome is significant because
the red wine drinkers were, on an average, older than the
other two groups, and age generally declines sex drive.
Further research can lead to important insights into sexual
problems in menopausal women.
The women were split into three groups – those who
regularly consumed one or two glasses of red wine a day,
those who consumed less than one glass of alcohol, and those
who were teetotalers.
All participants completed a questionnaire, which was used
by doctors to assess women and sexual health.
Overall the red wine drinkers scored an average of 27.3
points, compared to 25.9 for the less-frequent tipplers and
24.4 for the non-drinkers.
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