Bacteria that cause lung infections and heart diseases may be damaged by the moderate consumption of red wine. The scientists at the University of Illinois, Chicago have announced that both red wine and resveratrol – a polyphenol in wine – may be the needed agents for an
effective destruction of the air bacteria, known for causing lung infections. The microbes called "Chlamydia pneumoniae" may cause the occurrence of pneumonia, acute bronchitis, and other airways infections.
Both red wine and resveratrol were as efficient as the antibiotics used for the destruction of type C pneumonia, said the researchers, but they did not specify the amounts used. "In
vitro we have isolated the bacteria in wine and the resveratrol destroyed it", said one of the scientists. So, if you want to live longer and have a healthy life, one glass of red wine a day really should keep the doctors away.