   Courtesy of Georgie at Montage Beverly Hills Warm summer days warrant juicy salads with bright fruits and vegetables. Harvesttime brings an abundance of fresh summer produce, perfect for five of our favorite summer salads. These vegetarian recipes shine as an entrée or as a delectable side. Each delivers tons of flavor and texture. Before you start chopping, pour a glass of one of our recommended wine pairings, and enjoy the process!
Ask Wine Spectator Q: Does non-alcoholic wine provide the same health benefits as regular wine?—Phil, Eugene, Ore. A: Non-alcoholic wine is fermented wine that has then had the alcohol removed through either reverse osmosis or vacuum distillation. Many of wine's health benefits are attributed to its polyphenols, resveratrol being the most heavily researched. These polyphenols and their beneficial antioxidant properties remain in the wine after the alcohol has been removed.
"After the process of removing alcohol, polyphenols are still abundant in non-alcoholic wine and can raise the blood levels of these polyphenols," Dr. Matthew Taylor, professor of dietetics and nutrition at the University of Kansas Medical Center told Wine Spectator. There have only been a few studies comparing the effects of non-alcoholic red wine versus regular red wine on markers of health. Dr. Taylor says the research showed that moderate consumption of both non-alcoholic red wine and regular red wine provided health benefits, but that non-alcoholic wine actually outperformed regular wine at reducing blood pressure and total cholesterol.
Dr. Taylor suggests taking the scant findings with a grain of salt, however, as researchers still have much to uncover about alcohol's role in wine's health benefits.
But all those beneficial polyphenols in wine come from the grapes themselves, so there's also lots of evidence that eating grapes and drinking grape juice are good for you. According to Mayo Clinic dietician Katherine Zeratsky, "some research studies suggest that red and purple grape juices may provide some of the same heart benefits of red wine, including reducing the risk of blood clots, reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or 'bad') cholesterol, preventing damage to blood vessels in your heart and helping maintain a healthy blood pressure."—Shawn Zylberberg Have a question about wine and healthy living? E-mail us. Browse our archive of previous questions and answers.
 Getty Images You can only choose one. Also, is that really 5 ounces? For 25 years, the U.S. government's recommended dietary guidelines for alcohol consumption have urged moderation, mentioning some possible health benefits but also recommending men limit themselves to no more than two drinks per day and women to one drink or less. Now a panel of health experts is saying that may be too much, recommending the drink allowance guidelines be cut in half for men.
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