If you want to enjoy a glass of wine with dinner or share a bottle with friends during a casual evening, you might wonder whether imbibing will harm your waistline. If you limit your intake, you can enjoy the relaxation and health properties of Turning Leaf Merlot without concern.
Calories
Turning Leaf Merlot, a California wine, contains 25 calories per 1 oz. A 5-oz. glass would contain 125 calories and a 1.5 liter bottle would contain 845 calories. If you are counting carbohydrates, a 5-oz. glass would contain 4.5 g of carbohydrates.
Health Benefits
Drinking 2 glasses of Turning Leaf Merlot would set you back 250 calories, but it could also help protect you against heart attacks and strokes. Consumption of red wine could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by 50 percent and 20 percent, respectively. British heart surgeon William McCrea started recommending that his patients drink 2 glasses of red wine daily based on research that showed moderate consumption could reduce heart attack and stroke risk by as much as the above figures.
Considerations
Many of the health benefits of Turning Leaf Merlot are derived from the red grapes used to make them. You could eat 1.5 cups of red grapes for about 90 calories and gain antioxidants that may protect you against heart disease and cancer. For even fewer calories, you could supplement your diet with grape seeds.
References
- Quite Healthy: Red Wine, Merlot
- Nutrition Resource: Red Wine
- "Philadelphia Inquirer": In a Glass of Red Wine, the Health Benefits May be Many; Deborah Scoblionkov; July 17, 2003
- Wellsphere: Calories in Red Seedless Grapes
- "Ottawa Citizen": Grape Seed Extract: It's Better Than Vitamins C and E At Fighting Dangerous Free Radicals; Nathalie Trepanier; Feb. 22, 2000
- "The Express"; Grape Seeds Extract Can Destroy Cancer Cells in Just One Day; Jo Willey; Jan. 1 2009
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